SCATTER | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of scatter in English scatterverb uk /ˈskæt.ər/ us /ˈskæt̬.ɚ/

scatter verb (MOVE)

Add to word list Add to word list [ I or T ] to (cause to) move far apart in different directions: The protesters scattered at the sound of gunshots. The soldiers came in and scattered the crowd.

• Toss the salad and scatter the nuts on top.
• Scatter the cake with a little caster sugar.
• The wreckage of the car was scattered over the roadside.
• Her ashes were scattered at sea.
• Debris from the aircraft was scattered over a large area.

Spreading and scattering

• all over the place idiom
• bedaub
• bell
• bestrew
• billow
• dispersion
• disseminate
• distribution
• dotted around
• dredge
• dusting
• encroach on/upon something phrasal verb
• rambling
• scatteringly
• slap something on phrasal verb
• slather
• smear
• smudge
• smudgily
• sprinkle

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scatter verb (COVER)

[ T usually + adv/prep ] to cover a surface with things that are far apart and in no particular arrangement: Scatter the powder around the plants. I scattered grass seed all over the lawn. I scattered the whole lawn with grass seed. Spreading and scattering

• all over the place idiom
• bedaub
• bell
• bestrew
• billow
• dispersion
• disseminate
• distribution
• dotted around
• dredge
• dusting
• encroach on/upon something phrasal verb
• rambling
• scatteringly
• slap something on phrasal verb
• slather
• smear
• smudge
• smudgily
• sprinkle

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Idiom

be scattered to the four winds (Definition of scatter from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

scatter | American Dictionary

scatterverb [ I/T ] us /ˈskæt̬·ər/ Add to word list Add to word list to move apart in many directions, or to throw something in different directions: [ I ] We grew up in a small town, but now we’re scattered all over the country.

scattered

adjective us /ˈskæt̬·ərd/ There will be scattered showers throughout the afternoon. (Definition of scatter from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of scatter?

Translations of scatter

in Chinese (Traditional) 移動, 散開，分散, 使分散，驅散… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 移动, 散开，分散, 使分散，驱散… See more in Spanish dispersarse, esparcir, desparramar… See more in Portuguese espalhar, dispersar(-se)… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian ～をばらまく, まき散らす, 散乱させる… See more dağıtmak, saçmak, yaymak… See more éparpiller, (se) disperser… See more escampar, dispersar-se… See more uiteenjagen, uiteengaan, verstrooien… See more rozptýlit (se), rozházet… See more sprede, sprede sig… See more membubarkan, menyebarkan… See more กระจัดกระจาย, เกลื่อนกลาด… See more làm cho chạy tán loạn, tung, rải… See more rozrzucać, rozpierzchnąć się, rozbiec się… See more skingra[s], strö (sprida) ut… See more bertempiaran, bertaburan… See more zerstreuen, verstreuen… See more spre, få til å spre, spre seg… See more 뿌리다, 황급히 흩어지다… See more розбігатися, кидатися врозтіч, розкидати… See more spargere, disperdersi, sparpagliarsi… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of scatter

• scatterplot
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• scatter rug
• scatter cushion
• scatter diagram
• scatter advertising
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    • scatter (MOVE)
    • scatter (COVER)
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