Definition of scatter

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Scatter (v. t.) To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.

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Disgregate :: Disgregate (v. t.) To disperse; to scatter; -- opposite of congregate.
Disband :: Disband (v. t.) To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army..
Spread :: Spread (v. t.) To strew; to scatter over a surface; as, to spread manure; to spread lime on the ground..
Scattering :: Scattering (n.) Act of strewing about; something scattered.
Cense :: Cense (v. i.) To burn or scatter incense.
Bestrew :: Bestrew (v. t.) To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle.
Shower :: Shower (v. t.) To bestow liberally; to destribute or scatter in /undance; to rain.
Straw :: Straw (v. t.) To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow..
Caltrap :: Caltrap (n.) An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet..
Disparkle :: Disparkle (v. t.) To scatter abroad.
Besnow :: Besnow (v. t.) To scatter like snow; to cover thick, as with snow flakes..
Thinly :: Thinly (a.) In a thin manner; in a loose, scattered manner; scantily; not thickly; as, ground thinly planted with trees; a country thinly inhabited..
Dispersion :: Dispersion (n.) The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel..
Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To separate; to scatter.
Spill :: Spill (v. t.) To suffer to fall or run out of a vessel; to lose, or suffer to be scattered; -- applied to fluids and to substances whose particles are small and loose; as, to spill water from a pail; to spill quicksilver from a vessel; to spill powder from a paper; to spill sand or flour..
Glean :: Glean (v. t.) To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gathering..
Broadcast :: Broadcast (adv.) So as to scatter or be scattered in all directions; so as to spread widely, as seed from the hand in sowing, or news from the press..
Overstrew :: Overstrew (v. t.) To strew or scatter over.
Litter :: Litter (v. t.) To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room..
Sprinkle :: Sprinkle (v. i.) To rain moderately, or with scattered drops falling now and then; as, it sprinkles..
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