Broadcast

1. 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.
2. n. A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.
3. a. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.
4. a. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); — opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.