To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)
Collected; accumulated.
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
Of a pitcher: to keep down the number of hits or walks.
To deflect (radiation or particles).
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
To be dispersed upon.
The act of scattering or dispersing.
A collection of dispersed objects.