n.
1) to disperse ~s (the strong wind dispersed the ~s)
2) dark; heavy, thick; high; scattered; threatening ~s
3) rain, storm ~s; thunder~s
4) a mushroom; radioactive ~
5) ~s form; gather
6) ~s scud across the sky
7) ( misc. ) under a ~ (of suspicion); the gathering ~s of war; in the ~s ('absorbed in one's fantasies'); to seed ~s (to produce rain)