ALL meanings of scatter
scat·ter
S s - verb with object scatter to throw loosely about; distribute at irregular intervals: to scatter seeds. 1
- verb with object scatter to separate and drive off in various directions; disperse: to scatter a crowd. 1
- verb with object scatter 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. 1
- verb without object scatter to separate and disperse; go in different directions. 1
- noun scatter the act of scattering. 1
- noun scatter something that is scattered. 1
- intransitive verb scatter go in all directions 1
- intransitive verb scatter sprinkle, strew sth 1
- intransitive verb scatter people: disperse 1
- intransitive verb scatter people: disperse over area 1
- transitive verb scatter group of people: disperse 1
- verb scatter If you scatter things over an area, you throw or drop them so that they spread all over the area. 0
- verb scatter If a group of people scatter or if you scatter them, they suddenly separate and move in different directions. 0
- singular noun scatter A scatter of things is a number of them spread over an area in an irregular way. 0
- verb scatter to throw about in various directions; strew 0
- verb scatter to separate and move or cause to separate and move in various directions; disperse 0
- verb scatter to deviate or cause to deviate in many directions, as in the diffuse reflection or refraction of light 0
- noun scatter the act of scattering 0
- noun scatter a substance or a number of objects scattered about 0
- verb transitive scatter to throw here and there or strew loosely; sprinkle 0
- verb transitive scatter to sprinkle over (with) something 0
- verb transitive scatter to separate and drive in many directions; rout; disperse 0
- verb transitive scatter to waste; dissipate 0
- verb transitive scatter to diffuse or deflect in an irregular, random manner 0
- intransitive verb scatter to separate and go off in several directions 0
- noun scatter the act or process of scattering 0
- noun scatter that which is scattered about 0