Broadcast \Broad"cast`\, n. (Agric.) A casting or throwing seed in all directions, as from the hand in sowing.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Broadcast \Broad"cast`\, a.

1. Cast or dispersed in all directions, as seed from the hand in sowing; widely diffused.

2. Scattering in all directions (as a method of sowing); -- opposed to planting in hills, or rows.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Broadcast \Broad"cast`\, 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)