Broadcast

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

II. Broadcast ·adj Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.

III. Broadcast ·adj Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing);

— opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

IV. Broadcast ·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.