Definition of Scatter

Scatter

To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order.

To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.

Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.

To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.

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Scatter Quotations

The person who doesn't scatter the morning dew will not comb gray hairs.
Hunter S. Thompson

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling and scatter there Thy cheerful beams.
Saint Augustine

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
Robert A. Heinlein

Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations; and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!
Daniel Boone

There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
Orison Swett Marden

Writings scatter to the winds blank checks in an insane charge. And were they not such flying leaves, there would be no purloined letters.
Jacques Lacan

Let my soul smile through my heart and my heart smile through my eyes, that I may scatter rich smiles in sad hearts.
Paramahansa Yogananda

Of-course we did, but we didn't reply because we knew once this leaks the others will scatter, so in the few days we moved quickly before the press got hold of it. The press did get hold of it a few days later, we nabbed, we were able to get 15, the others got away.
Lee Kuan Yew

What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
Abraham Cahan

Courage is poorly housed that dwells in numbers; the lion never counts the herd that are about him, nor weighs how many flocks he has to scatter.
Aaron Hill

The best way to do ourselves good is to be doing good to others; the best way to gather is to scatter.
Thomas Brooks

All my ambition is, I own, to profit and to please unknown; like streams supplied from springs below, which scatter blessings as they go.
Charles Cotton

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Scatter Translations

scatter in Afrikaans is giet
scatter in Dutch is rondstrooien, strooien
scatter in Finnish is kaataa
scatter in German is streuen, auseinanderjagen, zerstreuen, verstreuen
scatter in Latin is conturbo, spargo sparsi sparsum, iacio, perdo
scatter in Spanish is esparcir
scatter in Swedish is skingra sig

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