The children blow dandelions to see the seeds disperse on the wind.
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Disperse
/dɪˈspɜːs/
Synonyms for "disperse" (340 found)
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Verb(26 words)
Noun(12 words)
diffusingdisbandingdisease spreaddispersingdissipatingdistributingdrizzlefanningfansfragmentsitalian sparso 'scattered'leaves
Adjective(4 words)
distributed software componenteven spreadgiven spaceinvasive species spread
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let golet uplooseloosenmake mincemeat ofmeasuremeasure outmeltmelt awaymetemete outmincemuster outopenopen upoutspreadoutstretchovergrowoverrunoverscatter
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oversowoverspreadparcelparcel outpartpart companypartitionpasspass aroundpass awaypass outpay outperishportionportion outpropagatepublishpullpulverizeradiateramifyrationrayrefractrelaxreleaseresolveretailretire from sightroutscattersend awaysend offseparateshattershiversinksink awayskewslackslack offslackensmashsmash upsowsow broadcastsplaysplintersplit upspoonspoon outspraddlespranglesprawlsprayspreadspread like wildfirespread outsquashsquishstrewsuffer an eclipseturntwistunfoldunglueunleashunstickuttervanishvanish from sightwarpwastewaste awaywear awaywidenzigzag
Verb(41 words)
Noun(29 words)
littersmistsoutward flowpartsscatscatsscatter of seedsscatter of starsscatteringseparate from othersshoweringspace beingspace the chairsspacing during thinningsplattersplatteringspray plumespread acrossspreadingspreed
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Adjective(3 words)
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14 total sentences available.
Fungi disperse spores.
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The young folks now often shared their milk and wine, and made a common meal of the food which they had brought from home as provision for the day; and the sheep might sooner have been seen to disperse and browse apart, than Daphnis to separate himself from Chloe.
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"There rest they, nor their sequence change, nor place, / save when, by chance, on grating hinge the door / swings open, and a light breath sweeps the floor, / or rougher blasts the tender leaves disperse. / Loose then they flutter, for she recks no more / to call them back, and rearrange the verse; / untaught the votaries leave, the Sibyl's cave to curse."
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