Tra từ disperse - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. distribute loosely (Freq. 2)
- He scattered gun powder under the wagon
• Syn:
scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust
• Derivationally related forms:
dispersive, dust (for: dust), sprinkling (for: sprinkle), scatter (for: scatter)
• Hypernyms:
discharge
• Hyponyms:
spray, spatter, splatter, plash, splash,
splosh, swash, sprinkle, bespangle, aerosolize, aerosolise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
2. to cause to separate and go in different directions (Freq. 1)
- She waved her hand and scattered the crowds
• Syn:
dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
• Derivationally related forms:
scatter (for: scatter), scattering (for: scatter), dissipation (for: dissipate), dispersion
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide
• Hyponyms:
disband
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
3. cause to separate (Freq. 1)
- break up kidney stones
- disperse particles
• Syn:
break up, scatter
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
backscatter
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. move away from each other
- The crowds dispersed
- The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached
• Syn:
dissipate, scatter, spread out
• Derivationally related forms:
scatter (for: scatter), scattering (for: scatter), dissipation (for: dissipate), dispersion
• Hypernyms:
separate, part, split
• Hyponyms:
aerosolize, aerosolise, break, volley
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
5. separate (light) into spectral rays
- the prosm disperses light
• Hypernyms:
separate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. cause to become widely known
- spread information
- circulate a rumor
- broadcast the news
• Syn:
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,
propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, pass around
• Derivationally related forms:
dispersive, dispersion, dispersal, diffusive (for: diffuse), diffusion (for: diffuse), spread (for: spread), spreading (for: spread), broadcast (for: broadcast), propagation (for: propagate), propagator (for: propagate), disseminative (for: disseminate), dissemination (for: disseminate), disseminator (for: disseminate), circular (for: circularise), circulation (for: circulate)
• Hypernyms:
publicize, publicise, air, bare
• Hyponyms:
podcast, sow, popularize, popularise, vulgarize,
vulgarise, generalize, generalise, carry, run
• Verb Group:
go around, spread, circulate
• Cause:
go around, spread, circulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something