Found 3 items, similar to Scatter.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: scatter
awur, berpencar, membuyarkan, menaburkan, menceraiberaikan, menghamburkan, menyebarkan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: scatter
scatter
v 1: to cause to separate and go in different directions;
“She
waved her hand and scattered the crowds” [syn:
disperse,
dissipate,
dispel,
break up]
2: move away from each other;
“The crowds dispersed”;
“The
children scattered in all directions when the teacher
approached”; [syn:
disperse,
dissipate,
spread out]
3: distribute loosely;
“He scattered gun powder under the
wagon” [syn:
sprinkle,
dot,
dust,
disperse]
4: sow by scattering;
“scatter seeds”
5: cause to separate;
“break up kidney stones”;
“disperse
particles” [syn:
break up,
disperse]
6: strew or distribute over an area;
“He spread fertilizer over
the lawn”;
“scatter cards across the table” [syn:
spread,
spread out]
scatter
n 1: a haphazard distribution in all directions [syn:
spread]
2: the act of scattering [syn:
scattering,
strewing]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Scatter
Scatter
\Scat"ter\, v. i.
To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as,
clouds scatter after a storm.
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Scatter
\Scat"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Scattered; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Scattering.] [OE. scateren. See
Shatter.]
1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely;
to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or
sparse order.
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And some are scattered all the floor about.
--Chaucer.
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Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains,
Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
--Dryden.
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Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly,
Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. --Prior.
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2. 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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Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. --Shak.
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3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to
scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
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Syn: To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.
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