Verb (used with object) : to scatter seeds. ,to scatter a crowd. From Dictionary.com.
Dowden's description of the poet Shelley's efforts in scattering one of his suppressed pamphlets, reminded me of ours. From Wordnik.com. [Eighty Years and More: Reminiscences 1815-1897] Reference
I will leave a few ... that they may declare ... abominations -- God's purpose in scattering a remnant of Jews among the. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
I recall scattering the little figures; seizing them; flinging them headlong. From Wordnik.com. [Beyond the Vanishing Point] Reference
His coarse woolen pants dropped to his feet, sending coins scattering and rolling. From Wordnik.com. [Cradle and All]
One seasoned observer of Iraq told me that the idea of scattering U.S. soldiers to police outposts is madness. From Wordnik.com. ['Surge' Architect Rejects 'War Czar' Job] Reference
Again, the article did not mention any 'scattering' of the audience. From Wordnik.com. [Bryan Bissell: Obama Drones: NH Crowd Scatters] Reference
Atmospheric effects were calculated as well such as scattering, moisture etc. From Wordnik.com. [بالاترین] Reference
Advanced techniques such as scattering, particle sizing, and automation are also presented. From Wordnik.com. [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference
Interesting, the term used to describe the "scattering" of Israel throughout the world was diaspora. From Wordnik.com. [The Sacred Page] Reference
Whiteness, however, is created through a random structure, which produces 'scattering' of all colors simultaneously. From Wordnik.com. [R&D Mag - News] Reference
Whiteness, however, is created through a random structure, which produces 'scattering' of all colours simultaneously. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Museveni's stated aim of "scattering" the LRA has certainly been accomplished, but that of stopping LRA terror has not. From Wordnik.com. [Institute for War & Peace Reporting:] Reference
And so it may seem somewhat idle work to take any pains in "scattering" such a "rear of darkness thin" as this forlorn phalanx composes. From Wordnik.com. [The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed] Reference
I love the idea of scattering the bacon on top. From Wordnik.com. [Edamame Corn Chowder] Reference
"scattering" on several preceding votes, was unanimously nominated. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 (of 2) From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860] Reference
That has sent peasants scattering in search of wage-paying jobs. From Wordnik.com. [Nightmare Cities] Reference
A light scattering of freckles played over her skin like a soft rain. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 4] Reference
From around the corner came the trolley car, scattering sparks above it. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Lanza, M.D.: Why You're Alive and Can Never Die: The Larger Scientific Picture] Reference
Planners 'maps show a scattering of other high-risers across the capital. From Wordnik.com. [Towers Of London] Reference
So AT&T is scattering duck food, trying to put its stock on the fast quack. From Wordnik.com. [Why At&T Is Feeding Ducks] Reference
A thin scattering of opium poppies and tallyellow verbascums would finish off the combination. From Wordnik.com. [Gardens: Planting in drifts] Reference
He banked around, flew low over the scattering caribou and back upland between two low ridges. From Wordnik.com. [My flight like the one that killed Ted Stevens] Reference
"The goal of our education has been to form our thoughts into a pattern," he says, scattering the marbles. From Wordnik.com. [Goodbye To The Nanny?] Reference
It was only when a helicopter arrived some time later, scattering the villagers, that his soldiers opened fire. From Wordnik.com. [Fallen Heroes] Reference
In the 20 years following World War II, Jews left Northwest in droves, scattering to Maryland and Northern Virginia. From Wordnik.com. [District's first synagogue slated for move to make way for mixed-use development] Reference
And to the right Hercules of whom it is said men turn away from him trembling as if like flocks of birds scattering. From Wordnik.com. [A Mess] Reference
Xerxes (distraught Rhys Rusbatch) runs towards us, scattering sheep as he stumbles and sprawls across dew-damp grass. From Wordnik.com. [The Persians] Reference
It's this monstrous, billowing, gorgeously adorned creature, scattering peach and white rose petals in its massive wake. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Fridkis: Chelsea Clinton's Wedding Might Be Excusable] Reference
In other cases Mungiki behead and circumcise their victims, usually scattering body parts in different public locations. From Wordnik.com. [Gangs of Nairobi] Reference
Now, Underhill says, Bean realizes scattering a few canoes and tents around is mostly a way to emphasize its outdoorsy image. From Wordnik.com. [SWIMMING UPSTREAM] Reference
She opens her mouth, and the ensuing roar drowns out the mewling screams of the limbless humans scattering away from the broken home. From Wordnik.com. [Samurai Kitteh] Reference
From the Serb Ministry, seven stories high, loud explosions sent chunks of concrete and wood flying into the street, scattering onlookers. From Wordnik.com. [The Nightmare] Reference
Winter turned my sheets cold fogged my windows slammed my wind chimes against my house, scattering their music to pieces of shell and rope. From Wordnik.com. [Ode to a Crow] Reference
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