scatter

1. (ergative) To (cause to) separate and go in different directions; to disperse.Examples: "The crowd scattered in terror."; "Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths."ergative

2. (transitive) To distribute loosely as by sprinkling.Examples: "Her ashes were scattered at the top of a waterfall."; "Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, / Their scattered cottages, and ample plains?"transitive

3. (transitive, physics) To deflect (radiation or particles).Examples: "Chasca's ring is unique. It appears to be, for lack of a better term, a massive piece of alien "installation art." The rings are made of small pieces of synthetic material, and are almost invisible from space. From the ground, they catch and scatter the light of Matano in picturesque ways. It is not known who created the ring or when."transitive

4. (intransitive) To occur or fall at widely spaced intervals.intransitive

5. (transitive) To frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow.Examples: "to scatter hopes or plans"transitive

6. (transitive) To be dispersed upon.Examples: "Desiccated stalks scattered the fields."; "[…] its beauty is obscured by the environmental waste and loose trash that scatter the countryside."transitive