[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scatter \scat"ter\, v. t. imp.  p. p. scattered; p. pr. 
   vb. n. scattering. oe. scateren. see shatter.
   1. to strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely;
      to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or
      sparse order.
      1913 webster

            and some are scattered all the floor about.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            why should my muse enlarge on libyan swains,
            their scattered cottages, and ample plains?
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly,
            soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. --prior.
      1913 webster

   2. to cause to separate in different directions; to reduce
      from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to
      dissipate; to disperse.
      1913 webster

            scatter and disperse the giddy goths. --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to
      scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
      1913 webster

   syn: to disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.
        1913 webster
see also:
scattered scattering shatter 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scatter \scat"ter\, v. i.
   to be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as,
   clouds scatter after a storm.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

scatter
     n 1: a haphazard distribution in all directions syn: spread
     2: the act of scattering syn: scattering, strewing
     v 1: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "she
          waved her hand and scattered the crowds" syn: disperse,
           dissipate, dispel, break up
     2: move away from each other; "the crowds dispersed"; "the
        children scattered in all directions when the teacher
        approached"; syn: disperse, dissipate, spread out
     3: distribute loosely; "he scattered gun powder under the
        wagon" syn: sprinkle, dot, dust, disperse
     4: sow by scattering; "scatter seeds"
     5: cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse
        particles" syn: break up, disperse
     6: strew or distribute over an area; "he spread fertilizer over
        the lawn"; "scatter cards across the table" syn: spread,
         spread out
see also:
spread scattering strewing disperse dissipate dispel 
break up spread out sprinkle dot dust 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

161 moby thesaurus words for "scatter":
   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

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