DEF: To spread things into different directions.
EX:
- He scatters fertilizer all over the lawn.
- My high school friends are now scattered all around the world.
- The weather service forecasts scattered showers for this afternoon.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
scatter (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to cause to separate widely
b) to cause to vanish
2.
archaic to fling away heedlessly - squander
3.
to distribute irregularly
4.
to sow by casting in all directions - strew
5.
a) to reflect irregularly and diffusely
b) to cause (a beam of radiation) to diffuse or disperse
6.
intransitive verb
to divide into ineffectual small portions
1.
to separate and go in various directions - disperse
2.
to occur or fall irregularly or at random
1.
the act of - scattering
2.
a small quantity or number irregularly distributed or strewn about - scattering
3.
the state or extent of being - scattered , especially - dispersion
