1. Cause to separate and go in different directions
   "She waved her hand and dispersed the crowds";
   - dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
    
2. Move away from each other
   "The crowds dispersed";
   - dissipate, scatter, spread out
    
3. Distribute loosely
   "He dispersed gun powder under the wagon";
   - scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust
    
4. Make a single entity or group split or become diffuse
   "disperse particles";
   - break up, scatter
    
5. Separate (light) into spectral rays
   "the prism disperses light"
    
6. Cause to become widely known
   "disperse a rumour";
   - circulate, circularize, circularise [Brit], distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, pass around

Sounds like: disgust, discussede, disburs

Derived forms: dispersed, dispersing, disperses

Type of: air, bare, change integrity, discharge, divide, part, publicise [Brit], publicize, separate, split

Encyclopedia: Disperse