'Scatter' definitions:
Definition of 'scatter'
(from WordNet)
noun
A haphazard distribution in all directions [syn: scatter, spread]
noun
The act of scattering [syn: scatter, scattering, strewing]
verb
To cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter]
verb
Move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"; [syn: disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out]
verb
Distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon" [syn: scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse]
verb
Sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"
verb
Cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles" [syn: break up, disperse, scatter]
verb
Strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" [syn: spread, scatter, spread out]
Definition of 'Scatter'
From: GCIDE
- Scatter \Scat"ter\, v. i. To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scatter'
From: GCIDE
- Scatter \Scat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Scattering.] [OE. scateren. See Shatter.]
- 1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order. [1913 Webster]
- And some are scattered all the floor about. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains? --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse. [1913 Webster]
- Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scatter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atomize,
- bend,
- besprinkle,
- bestrew,
- bias,
- blow,
- break into pieces,
- break to pieces,
- break up,
- broadcast,
- cast,
- circulate,
- circumfuse,
- clutter,
- confound,
- crash,
- crook,
- crunch,
- crush,
- curve,
- cut to pieces,
- deactivate,
- deal out,
- debrief,
- deflect,
- deflection,
- deflexure,
- demob,
- demobilize,
- demolish,
- derange,
- detach,
- deviate,
- diffract,
- diffraction,
- diffuse,
- diffusion,
- disarrange,
- disarray,
- disband,
- discard,
- discharge,
- discomfit,
- dishevel,
- disintegrate,
- disjoin,
- dislocate,
- dismiss,
- disorder,
- disorganize,
- dispel,
- dispense,
- disperse,
- dispersion,
- dispread,
- disrupt,
- disseminate,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- distort,
- distortion,
- distribute,
- diverge,
- divert,
- divide,
- dogleg,
- ease,
- ease off,
- emanate,
- fan out,
- fission,
- flection,
- flexure,
- fragment,
- free,
- gamble away,
- go off,
- go separate ways,
- go through,
- grind,
- hairpin,
- hang the expense,
- issue,
- lavish,
- let go,
- let up,
- litter,
- loose,
- loosen,
- make mincemeat of,
- mess,
- mess up,
- mince,
- misarrange,
- muss,
- muss up,
- muster out,
- overscatter,
- oversow,
- overspread,
- panic,
- part,
- part company,
- propagate,
- publish,
- pull,
- pulverize,
- put to flight,
- put to rout,
- radiate,
- ray,
- refract,
- refraction,
- relax,
- release,
- retail,
- rout,
- ruffle,
- rumple,
- run through,
- seize the day,
- separate,
- sever,
- shatter,
- shed,
- shiver,
- shower,
- skew,
- skewness,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slacken,
- slather,
- smash,
- smash up,
- sow,
- sow broadcast,
- splay,
- splinter,
- split up,
- spread,
- spread out,
- sprinkle,
- squander,
- squash,
- squish,
- stampede,
- straw,
- strew,
- throw away,
- throw money around,
- torsion,
- tousle,
- turn,
- twist,
- unglue,
- unleash,
- unstick,
- utter,
- warp,
- zigzag