scatter
Pronunciation Verb
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Pronunciation Verb
scatter (scatters, present participle scattering; past and past participle scattered)
- (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.
- The crowd scattered in terror.
- c. 1588–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act V, scene ii]:
- Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths.
- (transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
- Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.
- Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, / Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
- (transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).
- (intransitive) To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
- (transitive) To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.
- to scatter hopes or plans
- (transitive) To be dispersed upon.
- Desiccated stalks scattered the fields.
- (disperse) See also Thesaurus:disperse
- French: disperser
- German: zerstreuen
- Italian: disperdere
- Portuguese: espalhar, dispersar
- Russian: разбра́сывать
- Spanish: dispersar
- French: se disperser
- Italian: disperdersi
- Portuguese: espalhar
- Russian: развеять
- Spanish: dispersar
- French: éparpiller, parsemer
- German: streuen
- Italian: sparpagliare, cospargere
- Portuguese: espalhar
- Russian: разбра́сывать
- Spanish: esparcir
- Italian: deflettere
- Russian: рассе́ивать
- Spanish: desviar
- Italian: dilazionarsi
scatter
- The act of scattering or dispersing.
- A collection of dispersed objects.
- 2006, Theano S. Terkenli, Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre, Landscapes of a New Cultural Economy of Space, Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 9781402040955, page 84
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- 2015, Ian Shennan, Antony J. Long, Benjamin P. Horton, Handbook of Sea-Level Research, John Wiley & Sons ISBN 9781118452578, page 19
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- 2006, Theano S. Terkenli, Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre, Landscapes of a New Cultural Economy of Space, Springer Science & Business Media ISBN 9781402040955, page 84
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