<p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to pour out and spread, as a fluid.</li><li>To spread or scatter widely or thinly; disseminate.</li><li>(Physics) to spread by diffusion.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>Characterized by great length or discursiveness in speech or writing; wordy.</li><li>Widely spread or scattered; dispersed.</li><li>(Botany) Widely or loosely spreading.</li><li>(Optics) (of reflected light) scattered, as from a rough surface.</li></ul>