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verb

• To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.

  Example: The crowd scattered in terror.

• To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.

  Example: Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall.

• To deflect (radiation or particles).

• To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.

• To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.

  Example: to scatter hopes or plans

• To be dispersed upon.

  Example: Desiccated stalks scattered the fields.

adjective

• Seemingly randomly distributed.

• (of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.

• (of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.