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Definitions for: Broadcast
[n] message that is transmitted by radio or television
[n] a radio or television show; "did you see his program last night?"
[adv] so as to scatter or be distributed widely or in all directions
[adj] made widely known especially by radio or television; "the broadcast news"; "everyone heard the broadcast rumors"
[adj] sown by casting over a wide area especially by hand; "the broadcast sowing of wheat"
[v] cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
[v] broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television; "We cannot air this X-rated song"
[v] sow over a wide area, esp. by hand; "broadcast seeds"
Webster (1913) Definition: Broad"cast`, n. (Agric.)
A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the
hand in sowing.
Broad"cast`, a.
1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand
in sowing; widely diffused.
2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); --
opposed to planting in hills, or rows.
Broad"cast`, adv.
So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to
spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from
the press.
Synonyms: aired, beam, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, distributed, pass around, program, programme, propagate, publicised, publicized, send, spread, transmit
See Also: air, bare, carry, chat show, episode, game show, generalise, generalize, giveaway, go around, installment, instalment, interrogate, message, news, news program, news show, popularise, popularize, publicise, publicize, radio broadcast, rebroadcast, rerun, rerun, run, satellite, seed, serial, series, show, simulcast, sitcom, sough, sough, sow, sow, sportscast, sustaining program, talk show, telecast, telecast, televise, television program, television show, TV program, TV show, vulgarise, vulgarize
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