disperse in different directions
1go in different directions — index diffuse, disperse (scatter) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2disperse — I (disseminate) verb administer, allocate, apportion, assign, bestow in shares, bestrew, cast forth, cast off, circulate, consign, convey, deal, deal out, dispense, dispose, distribute, divide, dole, dole out, give away, give out among a number,… …
3disperse — [di spʉrs′] vt. dispersed, dispersing [ME dispersen < L dispersus, pp. of dispergere, to scatter abroad < dis , out + spargere, to scatter, strew: see SPARK1] 1. to break up and scatter in all directions; spread about; distribute widely 2.… …
4disperse — ► VERB 1) go or distribute in different directions or over a wide area. 2) thin out and eventually disappear. 3) Physics divide (light) into constituents of different wavelengths. DERIVATIVES dispersal noun disperser noun dispersible adjective… …
5disperse */ — UK [dɪˈspɜː(r)s] / US [dɪˈspɜrs] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms disperse : present tense I/you/we/they disperse he/she/it disperses present participle dispersing past tense dispersed past participle dispersed 1) if a crowd of people… …
6disperse — di|sperse [dıˈspə:s US ə:rs] v [I and T] [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: disperser, from Latin dispergere to scatter ] 1.) if a group of people disperse or are dispersed, they go away in different directions ▪ Police used tear gas to disperse …
7disperse — dis|perse [ dı spɜrs ] verb intransitive or transitive * 1. ) if a crowd of people disperses, or someone disperses it, the people separate and go in different directions: Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. 2. ) to spread or make… …
8disperse — [dɪˈspɜːs] verb [I/T] 1) if a crowd of people disperses, or if someone disperses it, the people separate and go in different directions Soldiers fired tear gas to disperse the crowds.[/ex] 2) to spread in different directions over a wide area, or …
9disperse — dispersedly /di sperr sid lee/, adv. disperser, n. dispersibility, n. dispersible, adj. /di sperrs /, v., dispersed, dispersing, adj. v.t. 1. to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd. 2. to spread widely; dissemin …
10disperse — [[t]dɪspɜ͟ː(r)s[/t]] disperses, dispersing, dispersed 1) V ERG When something disperses or when you disperse it, it spreads over a wide area. The oil appeared to be dispersing... [V n] The intense currents disperse the sewage... [V …