Definition of scatter

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Scatter (v. t.) Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like..

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Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors.
Patch :: Patch (n.) Fig.: Anything regarded as a patch; a small piece of ground; a tract; a plot; as, scattered patches of trees or growing corn..
Scatteringly :: Scatteringly (adv.) In a scattering manner; dispersedly.
Litter :: Litter (v. t.) To put into a confused or disordered condition; to strew with scattered articles; as, to litter a room..
Whiffle :: Whiffle (v. t.) To disperse with, or as with, a whiff, or puff; to scatter..
Sparkle :: Sparkle (v. t.) To scatter on or over.
Sprinkle :: Sprinkle (v. i.) To fly or be scattered in small drops or particles.
Scattered :: Scattered (a.) Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread..
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..
Disperse :: Disperse (v. t.) To scatter abroad; to drive to different parts; to distribute; to diffuse; to spread; as, the Jews are dispersed among all nations..
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..
Scatter-brain :: Scatter-brain (n.) A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention.
Shatter :: Shatter (v. t.) To scatter about.
Seedsman :: Seedsman (n.) A sower; one who sows or scatters seed.
Shell :: Shell (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb..
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..
Sow :: Sow (v. t.) To scatter seed upon, in, or over; to supply or stock, as land, with seeds. Also used figuratively: To scatter over; to besprinkle..
Scatterling :: Scatterling (n.) One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond.
Seedlop :: Seedlop (n.) A vessel in which a sower carries the seed to be scattered.
Scatter :: 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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