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The Meaning of broadcast

  • (n.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
  • (a.) Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
  • (a.) Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
  • (adv.) So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press.

Synonyms

program , programme , air , send , beam , transmit , circulate , circularize , circularise , distribute , disseminate , propagate , spread , diffuse , disperse , pass around

Rhymes

aghast , amassed , asked , assed , ast , bast , belfast , blast , cast , caste , chloroplast , classed , colorfast , contrast , downcast , enthusiast , fast , flabbergast , forecast , gassed , gast , ghast , harassed , hast , holdfast , iconoclast , kast , lambaste , last , lightfast , lymphoblast , massed , mast , miscast , nast , newscast , outcast , outlast , overcast , passed , past , precast , prendergast , rast , rebroadcast , recast , sandblast , simulcast , steadfast , surpassed , telecast , typecast , unsurpassed , vast