Scatter

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To cause to separate and go in different directions.
  • v. To distribute loosely by or as if by sprinkling; strew: scattering confetti from the upper windows.
  • v. Physics To deflect (radiation or particles).
  • verb-intransitive. To separate and go in different directions; disperse.
  • verb-intransitive. To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
  • n. The act of scattering or the condition of being scattered.
  • n. Something scattered.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
  • v. To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
  • v. (physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
  • v. To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.
  • v. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.
  • v. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
  • verb-intransitive. To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To throw loosely about; strew; sprinkle.
  • To besprinkle or strew as with something thrown here and there.
  • To separate and drive off in disorder and in all directions; rout; put to disorderly retreat or flight; disperse; dissipate: as, to scatter an enemy's forces; to scatter a mob.
  • Hence To throw into confusion; overthrow; dispel; put to flight: as, to scatter hopes, fears, plans, etc.
  • To let fall as by accident or at random; drop.
  • Synonyms To diffuse, spread, distribute.
  • 3 and Disperse, Dispel, etc. See dissipate.
  • To separate and disperse; proceed in different directions; hence, to go hither and thither at random.
  • Specifically, to throw shot too loosely or without concentration of the charge: said of a gun.
  • In optics, to reflect diffusely or irregularly, as from a rough surface.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. to cause to separate and go in different directions
  • v. distribute loosely
  • n. the act of scattering
  • v. cause to separate
  • n. a haphazard distribution in all directions
  • v. strew or distribute over an area
  • v. move away from each other
  • v. sow by scattering
  • Antonym
    meet    gather    congregate    convene    converge    crowd    collect    accumulate    concentrate   
    Verb Form
    scattered    scattering    scatters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    spreading    spread    sow    seed   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dissipate    strew    spread    disperse    melt    dissolve    radiate    lift    separate    dispel   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Attar    Hatter    Tatar    antimatter    attar    batter    blatter    chatter    clatter    fatter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts