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Adjective scattered has 4 senses
- scattered - occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space; "scattered showers"; "scattered villages"
Antonym: concentrated (indirect, via distributed)
- isolated, scattered, stray - not close together in time; "isolated instances of rebellion"; "scattered fire"; "a stray bullet grazed his thigh"
Antonym: continual (indirect, via sporadic)
- scattered, strewn - being distributed here and there without order; "scattered leaves littered the sidewalk"; "don't forget to pick up the clothes lying strewn all over the floor"
Antonym: concentrated (indirect, via distributed)
- confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected - lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"
Antonym: coherent (indirect, via incoherent)
Verb scatter has 6 senses
- disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter - to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
--1 is one way to separate, divide
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out - move away from each other; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached";
--2 is one way to separate, part, split
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- scatter, sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse - distribute loosely; "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
--3 is one way to discharge
Sample sentence:
They scatter sugar over the cake
- scatter - sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"
--4 is one way to sow, sough, seed
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- break up, disperse, scatter - cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
--5 is one way to change integrity
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- spread, scatter, spread out - strew or distribute over an area; "He spread fertilizer over the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table"
--6 is one way to circulate, pass around, pass on, distribute
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
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