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Entry 9 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

Broadcast

/brôd'-kăstˌ/ · Broad·cast · IPA /ˈbɹɔdkæst/
01 n. A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
  1. 1.
    A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.(Agric.)
  2. 2.
    an act of broadcasting; specifically, a program in which sounds or images are transmitted in all directions from a radio or television station; -- usually referring to a scheduled program on a commercial or public service radio or television station, using the normal radio frequencies for those media, in contrast to a radiotelephone conversation, which may also be transmitted in all directions, but is intended for receipt by a base station in the telephone network.
02 a. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
  1. 1.
    Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
  2. 2.
    Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
03 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.
  1. 1.
    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.
04 v. to cast or disperse in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; to diffuse widely.
  1. 1.
    to cast or disperse in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; to diffuse widely.
  2. 2.
    to transmit (sounds, images, or other signals) in all directions from a radio or television station.
  3. 3.
    to disseminate (information, a speech, an advertisement, etc.) from a radio or television station.
  4. 4.
    to spread (information, news, gossip) widely by any means.