1. dissipate - verb
· to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
Synonym(s): disperse, dispel, break_up, scatter
2. dissipate - verb
· move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"
Synonym(s): disperse, scatter, spread_out
Hypernym(s): separate, part, split
3. dissipate - verb
· spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
Synonym(s): fritter, frivol_away, shoot, fritter_away, fool, fool_away
Hypernym(s): consume, squander, waste, ware
4. dissipate - verb
· live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption
Hypernym(s): live
5. dissipated - adjective
· unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
Synonym(s): debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
6. dissipated - adjective
· preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"
Synonym(s): betting, card-playing, sporting
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