sich zerstreuen — meaning in English

English meaning

• dissipate verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
• straddle verb To sit or stand with one leg on each side of something.
• straggle verb To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.

Senses

sich zerstreuen is used for these senses in English:

• dissipate (physics) To cause energy to be lost through its conversion to heat.
• straddle (transitive) To form a disorderly sprawl; to spread out irregularly.
• straggle (intransitive) To act in a disorderly and irregular way.

dissipate — full definition

1. verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
2. verb To waste or squander resources, money, or energy.

straddle — full definition

1. verb To sit or stand with one leg on each side of something.
2. verb To span or extend across both sides of something, or to hold a position between two options without committing fully to either.
3. noun An options-trading strategy that bets on a security moving sharply in either direction.

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