to separate from a group and move away in different directions.
The crowd began to disperse after the fireworks show.
Once the bell rang, the students dispersed to their classrooms.
✦ From Middle English dispercen, from Anglo-Norman dispercer and Old French despuerrecer, from Latin dispergere (“to scatter”), from dis- (“apart”) + spargere (“to strew, scatter”).
to spread or distribute something widely over an area.
The wind disperses the seeds across the valley.
Farmers disperse fertilizer evenly over the crops.
to cause particles or droplets to separate uniformly and become distributed in a gas, liquid, or solid.
The device disperses nanoparticles in the liquid.
Heat disperses the pigment throughout the paint.
