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Broadcast   /brˈɔdkˌæst/   Listen
verb
Broadcast  v.  (past & past part. broadcast; pres. part. broadcasting)  
1.
To cast or disperse in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; to diffuse widely.
2.
To transmit (sounds, images, or other signals) in all directions from a radio or television station.
3.
To disseminate (information, a speech, an advertisement, etc.) from a radio or television station.
4.
To spread (information, news, gossip) widely by any means.


noun
Broadcast  n.  
1.
(Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
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.


adjective
Broadcast  adj.  
1.
Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
2.
Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); opposed to planting in hills, or rows.


adverb
Broadcast  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.





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"Broadcast" Quotes from Famous Books



... men stood behind the Count, a thousand more were within call of the castle bell; two lances only were at the back of the messenger; but the strength of the broadcast empire was betokened by the symbol ...
— The Strong Arm • Robert Barr
... in my solitude upon the harm done by ignorant pretenders in sowing error broadcast in the waste places of the world that I received a call from one of the class, who came to beg my countenance for a lecture upon Luther the Monk and Monkery. He was a vociferous personage and prodigal of his words. ...
— The Coming of the Friars • Augustus Jessopp
... other read, "Lousy but loyal." He knew that it was true and it served to increase the passionate quality of his pity. Patient he could be for himself, but the lot of the poor aroused in him a terrible anger—and in a broadcast on Liberty he gave that anger vent. For worse than the presence of lice in our slums was the absence of liberty. He would gladly, he said, have spoken merely as an Englishman but he had been asked to speak as a Catholic, and therefore, "I am going to point out that Catholicism created ...
— Gilbert Keith Chesterton • Maisie Ward
... everywhere. But in the North of England their 'paly gold' used to be a much rarer treasure. True, there were always a few primroses to be found in fortunate spots, if you knew exactly where to look for them; but they were not scattered broadcast over the country as they ...
— A Book of Quaker Saints • Lucy Violet Hodgkin
... almost any well-drained soil, but seem to prefer light loams of a limy nature. It is not particular as to exposure. The seed may be sown in nursery beds or where the plants are to remain. In the beds, the drills may be 6 inches apart, and not more than 1-3 inch deep, or the seed may be scattered broadcast. An ounce will be enough for a bed 10 feet square. When the plants are about 3 inches tall they should be transplanted 15 or 18 inches asunder in rows 2 to 2-1/2 feet apart. Some growers sow in late summer and in autumn so as to have early crops the following ...
— Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses • M. G. Kains


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