scatter

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English scateren < Old English sceaterian, probably from a dialect of Old Norse. Cf. Low German schateren and Dutch schateren ('to burst out laughing').

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Infinitive
to scatter

Third person singular
scatters

Simple past
scattered

Past participle
scattered

Present participle
scattering

to scatter (third-person singular simple present scatters, present participle scattering, simple past and past participle scattered)

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

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