Definitions
1.verbTo (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse."The crowd scattered in terror."
2.verbTo distribute loosely as by sprinkling."Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall."
3.verbTo deflect (radiation or particles).
4.verbTo occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.
5.verbTo frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow."to scatter hopes or plans"
6.verbTo be dispersed upon."Desiccated stalks scattered the fields."
7.adjectiveSeemingly randomly distributed.
8.adjective(of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
9.adjective(of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.