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 occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
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.
To found type in a mold.
To cast (change of data type of a variable or object).
To cast an actor in the same kind of role repeatedly.
To identify one as being of a specific type because of one's appearance, colour, religion etc.