Synonyms:
scatter, scattering, strewing
Meaning: the act of scattering
Synonyms:
dispersion, scattering
Meaning: spreading widely or driving off
Synonyms:
scattering, sprinkle, sprinkling
Meaning: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
Synonyms:
scattering
Meaning: the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
Synonyms:
scattering, sprinkling
Meaning: a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his temples"
Usage examples
He darted among them, scattering them right and left, and made for the sycamore.
Old Martha stood in the middle of a mob of poultry scattering handfuls of grain around her.
A scattering volley was fired by the foremost of the pursuers, but it did no harm, and Calhoun was soon across the field.
They gathered up the remains of the basilisk, and burnt them in a great fire in the courtyard, afterwards scattering the ashes to the four winds.
The posse, scattering broadly, stood ready to nip the besieged in case he should show himself in an effort to repel the juggernaut of justice that was creeping upon him.
He neatly escaped the donkey cart himself, but he crashed the caravan into it with such force that the caravan broke a shaft and overturned completely on to the donkey cart, scattering pots and pans far and wide.
Hart brought the Camboss up from the Susquanna Works, and laid out new camp locations, scattering them farther to the south, and avoiding ground which had been seared by the Han beams and the immediate locations of the Han wrecks.
She dashed the cup to the floor, spilling its contents, and, with an effort, tore the clinging hands from her and sent the woman crashing on to the ground, rolling against the brazier, oversetting it, and scattering brass pots and cups over the rug.
If they had brought plenty of supplies with them, and had persevered in the war without scattering for piracy and agriculture, they would have easily defeated the Trojans in the field, since they could hold their own against them with the division on service.
Hendelmann, for the right and centre Socialist Revolutionaries, said that they refused to take part in the presidium; the same from Kintchuk, for the Mensheviki; and from the Mensheviki Internationalists, that until the verification of certain circumstances, they too could not enter the presidium. Scattering applause and hoots.