scattered

Verb

• to cause to separate and go in different directions
  • "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
• move away from each other
  • "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached"
• distribute loosely
  • "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"
• sow by scattering
• cause to separate
• strew or distribute over an area
• simple past and past participle of scatter

Adjective Satellite

• occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
  • "scattered showers"
  • "scattered villages"
• lacking orderly continuity
  • "scattered thoughts"

Adj

• Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.
• Scattered applause
• Seemingly randomly distributed.
• Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.
• Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

Examples

• Scattered showers.

Synonyms

break up, confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, dispel, disperse, dissipate, dot, dust, garbled, illogical, scatter, spread, spread out, sprinkle, unconnected

Anagrams of scattered