broadcast
verb
[ ˈbrɔːdkɑːst ]
• transmit (a programme or some information) by radio or television.
• "the announcement was broadcast live"
Similar:
transmit,
relay,
air,
beam,
send/put out,
put on the air/airwaves,
show,
screen,
televise,
telecast,
videocast,
podcast,
live-stream,
• scatter (seeds) by hand or machine rather than placing in drills or rows.
• "the second method is to broadcast the seeds together with not more than 1 kg to the acre of rapeseed"
Similar:
scatter,
sow,
disperse,
sprinkle,
spread,
distribute,
disseminate,
strew,
throw,
toss,
fling,
bestrew,
broadcast
noun
• a radio or television programme or transmission.
• "the Queen's annual Christmas TV broadcast"
Similar:
programme,
show,
production,
presentation,
performance,
transmission,
telecast,
videocast,
podcast,
live stream,
screening,
prog,
broadcast
adjective
• relating to radio or television programmes.
• "a broadcast journalist"
broadcast
adverb
• by scattering.
• "green manures can be sown broadcast or in rows"
Origin:
mid 18th century (in the sense ‘sown by scattering’): from broad + the past participle of cast1. Senses relating to radio and television date from the early 20th century.
