SCATTERED
confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
(adjective) lacking orderly continuity; “a confused set of instructions”; “a confused dream about the end of the world”; “disconnected fragments of a story”; “scattered thoughts”
scattered
(adjective) occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space; “scattered showers”; “scattered villages”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
scattered
simple past tense and past participle of scatter
Adjective
scattered (comparative more scattered, superlative most scattered)
Seemingly randomly distributed.
(meteorology, of clouds) covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
(meteorology, of precipitation) affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.
Anagrams
• createdst, desert cat
Source: Wiktionary
Scat"tered, a.
1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves.
– Scat"tered*ly, adv.
– Scat"tered*ness, n.
SCATTER
Scat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Scattering.] Etym: [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. And some are scattered all the floor about. Chaucer. Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains, Their scattered cottages, and ample plains Dryden. Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly, Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. Prior.
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. Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. Shak.
3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
Syn.
– To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew.
Scat"ter, v. i.
Definition: To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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