transitive. To send off or cause to go in different directions; to send to, or station apart at, various points. spec. to scatter or station…

To draw up in a line or row; to extend in a string or series; to post so as to form a series of detached or separated units. Also with out, up.

transitive. With out. Also reflexive.

To arrange (objects) at proper intervals or with a due amount of display; spec. to plant out; to leave (plants) at a distance apart, by thinning (cf…

To place along a surface at definite intervals.