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yaymak — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • circulate verb To move continuously through a system, or to travel around and mix with a group of people.
  • disseminate verb To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
  • divulge verb To reveal information, especially something secret, so that it becomes known.
  • scatter verb To cause to separate and move in different directions.
  • smear verb To spread a soft or sticky substance across a surface, often messily.
  • spread verb To open something out so it covers a wider area.

Senses

yaymak is used for these senses in English:

  • circulate to spread or disseminate
  • disseminate (transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
  • divulge (transitive) To make public or known; to communicate to the public; to tell (information, especially a secret) so that it may become generally known.
  • eradiate (intransitive) To spread out light rays in all directions.
  • give off (transitive) To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner.
  • scatter (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
  • smear (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.

circulate — full definition

  1. verb To move continuously through a system, or to travel around and mix with a group of people.
  2. verb To spread information, rumours, or documents so they reach many people.

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.

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