Sekirov Dictionary

scatter

UK /ˈskætə/US /ˈskætɚ/

verb 8
noun 2
forms 6

verb8

•
To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
- The crowd scattered in terror.
•
(US, slang) To leave.
- When the police showed up, I scattered.
•
To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
- Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
Of a pitcher: to spread out a high number of hits or walks between innings so as not to give up a high number of runs
To deflect (radiation or particles).
To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
•
To be dispersed upon.
- Desiccated stalks scattered the fields.
•
To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
- to scatter hopes or plans

noun2

The act of scattering or dispersing.
•
A collection of dispersed objects.
- The Los Angeles Basin evolved as a mobility surface principally through the combination of an initial system of electric railways connecting a scatter of agricultural settlement settlements. — 2006

forms

scattered · scatter'd · scattering · scattereth · scatters · scatterest

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