Scatter

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to separate and go in different directions.
 * 2)  To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.
 * 3)   To deflect (radiation or particles).
 * 4)  To separate and go in different directions; disperse.
 * 5)  To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.

Derived terms

 * scatterbrain
 * scatterplot
 * scattershot

Adverbs for Scatter
profusely; liberally; generously; promiscuously; philanthropically; confusedly; haphazardly; carelessly.

Thesaurus
atomize, bend, besprinkle, bestrew, bias, blow, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, broadcast, cast, circulate, circumfuse, clutter, confound, crash, crook, crunch, crush, curve, cut to pieces, deactivate, deal out, debrief, deflect, deflection, deflexure, demob, demobilize, demolish, derange, detach, deviate, diffract, diffraction, diffuse, diffusion, disarrange, disarray, disband, discard, discharge, discomfit, dishevel, disintegrate, disjoin, dislocate, dismiss, disorder, disorganize, dispel, dispense, disperse, dispersion, dispread, disrupt, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, distort, distortion, distribute, diverge, divert, divide, dogleg, ease, ease off, emanate, fan out, fission, flection, flexure, fragment, free, gamble away, go off, go separate ways, go through, grind, hairpin, hang the expense, issue, lavish, let go, let up, litter, loose, loosen, make mincemeat of, mess, mess up, mince, misarrange, muss, muss up, muster out, overscatter, oversow, overspread, panic, part, part company, propagate, publish, pull, pulverize, put to flight, put to rout, radiate, ray, refract, refraction, relax, release, retail, rout, ruffle, rumple, run through, seize the day, separate, sever, shatter, shed, shiver, shower, skew, skewness, slack, slack off, slacken, slather, smash, smash up, sow, sow broadcast, splay, splinter, split up, spread, spread out, sprinkle, squander, squash, squish, stampede, straw, strew, throw away, throw money around, torsion, tousle, turn, twist, unglue, unleash, unstick, utter, warp, zigzag

Etymology
From scateren <  sceaterian, probably from a dialect of Old Norse. Compare Low German schateren, Dutch schateren and Norwegian skratte ('to burst out laughing').

Translations

 * Arabic: (náθara)
 * Chinese: 散佈, 散布 (sànbù)
 * Dutch: verstrooien, verspreiden
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 散らす;  散らかす
 * Korean: 흩다 (heutda), 뿌리다 (ppurida)


 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: spre
 * Nynorsk: spreie
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: разбрасывать / разбросать (razbrásyvat’/razbrosát’)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sprida, strö, strö ut, skingra
 * Telugu: చెదురు {cheduru}
 * Turkish: dağılmak, yaymak


 * Crimean Tatar: cayratmaq
 * Dutch: verstrooien, verspreiden
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 撒く, 散布;  蒔く;  播く


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: разбрсывать / разбросать (razbrásyvat’/razbrosát’), разбрызгивать / разбрызгать (razbrýzgivat’/razbrýzgatt’) a liquid
 * Scottish Gaelic:, fras
 * Swedish: beströ
 * Turkish: saçmak, savurmak, serpmek, serpiştirmek


 * Dutch: verstrooien
 * Finnish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 散乱
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: spre
 * Nynorsk: spreie


 * Russian: рассеивать/рассеять (rass'éivat’/rass'éjat’)
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch: uiteenspatten, uiteengaan
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 散る, 散らばる
 * Korean: 흩어지다 (heutEojida)


 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: spre
 * Nynorsk: spreie
 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: skingras, skingra sig
 * Telugu: చెదురు {cheduru}


 * Italian: dilazionarsi


 * Swedish:


 * : (náθara)
 * : 散佈 (sànbù)
 * : ŝuti
 * : esparcir
 * : dağılmak, etrafa yayılmak
 * : dağılmak, etrafa yayılmak