scaip — meaning in English
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English meaning
- broadcast verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
- circulate verb To move continuously through a system, or to travel around and mix with a group of people.
- dispel verb To make fears, doubts, or false ideas disappear by showing they have no basis.
- disperse verb To scatter or spread out in different directions.
- disseminate verb To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
- dissipate verb To gradually scatter or disappear.
- promulgate verb To make known or make public.
- scatter verb To cause to separate and move in different directions.
- spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.
- strew verb To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
Senses
scaip is used for these senses in English:
- broadcast (transitive) To transmit a message over a wide area.
- circulate to spread or disseminate
- dispel (transitive) To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering.
- disperse (transitive, intransitive) To break up and disappear; to dissipate.
- disperse (physics, transitive, intransitive) To separate rays of light, etc., according to wavelength; to refract.
- dissipate (transitive) To use up or waste; squander.
- promulgate (transitive) To make known or make public.
- put about (transitive) To circulate (a rumour).
broadcast — full definition
- verb To transmit a program or message by radio, television, or similar means to a wide audience.
- noun A radio or television program transmitted to the public.
circulate — full definition
- verb To move continuously through a system, or to travel around and mix with a group of people.
- verb To spread information, rumours, or documents so they reach many people.