broadcast vs sow

broadcast

verb
  • To transmit a message over a wide area; specifically, to send an email in a single transmission to a (typically large) number of people. 

  • To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means. 

  • To appear as a performer, presenter, or speaker in a broadcast programme. 

adj
  • Cast or scattered widely in all directions; cast abroad. 

  • Communicated, signalled, or transmitted through radio waves or electronic means. 

  • Relating to transmissions of messages or signals through radio waves or electronic means. 

adv
  • Widely in all directions; abroad. 

noun
  • A programme (bulletin, documentary, show, etc.) so transmitted. 

  • A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver. 

sow

verb
  • To spread abroad; to propagate. 

  • To scatter over; to besprinkle. 

  • To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds). 

noun
  • A mass of metal solidified in a mold. 

  • A sowbug. 

  • A female bear, she-bear. 

  • A contemptible, often fat woman. 

  • A female guinea pig. 

  • A channel that conducts molten metal to molds. 

  • A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc. 

  • A female pig. 

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