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sprida — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • disseminate verb To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
  • fan noun A device, hand-held or powered, that moves air to cool someone or something down.
  • propagate verb To spread or pass something on, such as information, a belief, or a disease.
  • scatter verb To cause to separate and move in different directions.
  • spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.

Senses

sprida is used for these senses in English:

  • disseminate (transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
  • fan (intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
  • propagate (transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.
  • scatter (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
  • spread (transitive) To extend (individual rays, limbs etc.); to stretch out in varying or opposing directions. [from 13th c.]
  • spread (transitive) To disperse, to scatter or distribute over a given area. [from 13th c.]
  • spread (transitive) To disseminate; to cause to proliferate, to make (something) widely known or present. [from 14th c.]
  • spread (intransitive) To take up a larger area or space; to expand, be extended. [from 14th c.]

disseminate — full definition

  1. verb To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
  2. verb To become widespread.

fan — full definition

  1. noun A device, hand-held or powered, that moves air to cool someone or something down.
  2. noun A person who admires and follows a performer, team, or interest closely.
  3. verb To move air onto something using a fan or a waving motion, or to spread out in a fan shape.

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