verbreiten

Definitions of verbreiten
  1. verb
    distribute or disperse widely
    synonyms: ausbreiten
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    antonyms:
    sammeln
    assemble or get together
    types:
    auffächern, ausschwärmen
    move outward
    auspressen, entsaften
    cause to come out in a squirt
  2. verb
    become distributed or widespread
    synonyms: ausstrahlen
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    type of:
    bewegen, fortbewegen
    move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
  3. verb
    to come or go into
    synonyms: ausbreiten, auslassen, befahren, begehen, beschreiten, betreten
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    antonyms:
    abgehen
    move out of or depart from
    gehen, weggehen
    go away from a place
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    dringen
    pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance
    eindringen, einfallen
    to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate
    dazwischenfunken
    enter briefly
    stechen
    make a hole into
    stürmen
    take by force
  4. verb
    delay
    synonyms: ausbreiten, ausholen, auslassen, breittreten
  5. verb
    become widely known and passed on
    synonyms: kursieren, umgehen
    aussprengen, ausstreuen, propagieren
    cause to become widely known
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    type of:
    fortbewegen
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
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