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scatter
[ skat-er ]
verb (used with object)
- to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals:
to scatter seeds.
Synonyms:
- to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse:
to scatter a crowd.
- Physics.
- to refract or diffract (light or other electromagnetic radiation ) irregularly so as to diffuse in many directions.
- (of a medium) to diffuse or deflect (light or other wave phenomena) by collisions between the wave and particles of the medium.
verb (used without object)
- to separate and disperse; go in different directions.
noun
- the act of scattering.
- something that is scattered.
scatter
/ ˈæə /
verb
- tr to throw about in various directions; strew
- to separate and move or cause to separate and move in various directions; disperse
- to deviate or cause to deviate in many directions, as in the diffuse reflection or refraction of light
noun
- the act of scattering
- a substance or a number of objects scattered about
Derived Forms
- ˈٳٱ, noun
- ˈٳٱ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- t·· adjective
- t· noun
- t·Բ· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
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Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The heavy rains of the last few winters helped nurture scattered wildflower seeds, creating a dazzling burst of flowers in the spring that attracts butterflies and bees to the vivid petals.
Right-wing media functions as an ideological machine, while left-wing content creation remains scattered, precarious, and too often detached from the movements and institutions that could amplify its reach.
Further away from the combat zone, scattered celebrations for Eid spilled into the street.
Spiderman toys and letters of the alphabet are scattered among broken chairs, tables and garden slides at the remains of this preschool destroyed by the huge earthquake that hit Myanmar on Friday.
When the rats come up from the sewers, he said, a tap of the sticks would make them scatter.
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