Streuen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
- disperse verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
- scatter verb To cause to separate and move in different directions.
- scattering noun A small, irregularly spread amount of something.
- start verb To begin doing something or set something in motion.
- straddle verb To sit or stand with one leg on each side of something.
- strew verb To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
Senses
Streuen is used for these senses in English:
- dash (ambitransitive, sometimes, figurative) To sprinkle; to splatter.
- disperse (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
- scatter (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
- scatter (transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
- scatter (transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
- scattering A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).
- straddle (transitive) To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.
- strew (dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
dash — full definition
- verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
- verb To destroy or ruin something, especially hopes or plans.
- noun A short horizontal line used in punctuation, or a small added amount of something.
disperse — full definition
- verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
- verb To spread information or resources widely.