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.
On a weather chart, a line that is tangent to the flow of the wind.
A line that is tangent to the velocity of flow of a fluid; equivalent to the path of a specific particle in that flow.
To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
To simplify or organize a process in order to increase its efficiency.
To modernise.