broadcast vs reap

broadcast

adv
  • Widely in all directions; abroad. 

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. 

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. 

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

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

reap

noun
  • A bundle of grain; a handful of grain laid down by the reaper as it is cut. 

verb
  • To terminate a child process that has previously exited, thereby removing it from the process table. 

  • To gather (e.g. a harvest) by cutting. 

  • To obtain or receive as a reward, in a good or a bad sense. 

  • To cut (for example a grain) with a sickle, scythe, or reaping machine 

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