scatter
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/skˈÃĻtɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "scatter"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make things like items, people, particles, etc. spread out from a center and move in different directions
Transitive: to scatter sth to a direction
to scatter definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The wind scattered the autumn leaves in all directions, creating a colorful carpet on the ground.
āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻļāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞ⧋āϕ⧇ āϏāĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ›ā§œāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻ™āĻŋāύ āĻ—āĻžāϞāĻŋāϚāĻž āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ›āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to disperse or break up as a group, with individuals moving away in various directions
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the thunderstorm approached, beachgoers scattered from the shoreline, seeking shelter.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻŦāĻœā§āϰāĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāϞ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϞ⧋āϕ⧇āϰāĻž āϤ⧀āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ, āφāĻļā§āϰāϝāĻŧ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to cause individuals within a group to separate and move away in various directions
Transitive: to scatter sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sudden appearance of the predator scattered the herd of grazing antelope.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϚāϰāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻšāϰāĻŋāϪ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāϞ āĻ›āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ— āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞāĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻŋāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to distribute seeds or similar particles over an area by casting them in various directions
Transitive: to scatter seeds or particles somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She scattered flower seeds in the garden beds to create a colorful display in the spring.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϰāĻ™āĻŋāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ⧀ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĢ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§€āϜ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to distribute or spread out objects, items, or particles over a surface at random or irregular intervals
Transitive: to scatter objects or particles somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The gardener scattered fertilizer across the lawn to promote healthy growth.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻĨā§āϝāĻ•āϰ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϞāύ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ, āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

the act of scattering
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āϰāĻŖ, āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

a haphazard distribution in all directions

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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