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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

  1. verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
  2. verb To destroy or ruin something, especially hopes or plans.
  3. noun A short horizontal line used in punctuation, or a small added amount of something.

disperse — full definition

  1. verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
  2. verb To spread information or resources widely.

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