Sign 5 of 441 in the Auslan Medical Dictionary

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Keywords: epidemic, disseminate, disperse, spread out, spread, dissemination, dispersal, spillage, spill

Sign Definition

As a Noun

  1. The act of causing a liquid to flow over the edge of a container. English = spill, spillage.
  2. The spreading of people or objects over a wide area or of ideas and objects amongst a large number of people. English = dispersal, dissemination.
  3. An occurrence of a disease which affects a large number of people and which spreads quickly. English = epidemic.

As a Verb or Adjective

  1. Of a liquid, to accidentally flow over the edge of a container. English = spill.
  2. Of a substance, to be opened out or arranged over a large place or surface, or to cover a large part of the surface of something. English = spread, spread out, spread over.
  3. Of objects or ideas, to gradually reach or affect a larger and larger area, or more and more people. English = spread. Formal English = disperse, disseminate.
  4. Of objects, to be far apart and to cover a large area. English = to be spread out.