scatter

Meaning

Synonyms

throw about

be scattered

be dispersed

scatter abroad

keep apart

fly around

blow about

scare away

spout out

divide into

be diffused

be full of

diverge from

sow in

spread about

strew about

go apart

toss about

flee away

give money freely

spill over and fall

strow

be abundant

be plentiful

be spilled

spread around

be disseminated

be flooded with

be glutted with

can be found everywhere

run helter-skelter

speard

strew over

be broadcast

be scattered abroad

sow broadcast

deconcentrator

be on the air

fly apart

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
scat‧ter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskætə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English scateren, skateren, (also schateren, see shatter), from Old English *sceaterian, probably from a dialect of Old Norse. Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split, shatter”). Compare Middle Dutch scheteren (“to scatter”), Low German schateren, Dutch schateren (“to burst out laughing”); and is apparently remotely akin to Ancient Greek σκεδάννυμι (skedánnumi, “scatter, disperse”). and Tocharian B kät- (“to scatter, sow seeds”). Doublet of shatter.

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