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Grammar : Adj
Spell : skat-erd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskæt ərd



Definition of scattered

Origin :
  • mid-12c. (transitive), possibly a northern English variant of Middle English schateren (see shatter), reflecting Norse influence. Intransitive sense from early 15c. Related: Scattered; scattering. As a noun from 1640s.
  • adj spread
  • adj spotty
Example sentences :
  • Scattered about she saw a few roots of wall-flowers, pinks and even some violets!
  • Extract from : « Nobody's Girl » by Hector Malot
  • Scattered about lay the feathers and dismembered bones of some birds.
  • Extract from : « Crooked Trails and Straight » by William MacLeod Raine
  • Scattered along the mainland of this vast continent there was, here and there, an island.
  • Extract from : « Panther Eye » by Roy J. Snell
  • Scattered tales we have: "mimes" and other things there are some, and may have been more.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 » by George Saintsbury
  • Scattered all around him from the torn sack was the food he had wanted to give to the cats.
  • Extract from : « Cry from a Far Planet » by Tom Godwin
  • Scattered about the counties of England are not a few schools which bear his name.
  • Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Scattered about the forecastle lay the dead bodies of the crew.
  • Extract from : « The Sea Rovers » by Rufus Rockwell Wilson
  • Scattered here and there were streaks and flecks of free metal.
  • Extract from : « The Island of Yellow Sands » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill
  • Scattered over the turf, the flowers seem to be looking upward, like eyes.
  • Extract from : « Minor Poems by Milton » by John Milton
  • Scattered about are heaps of rock, as if collected for building.
  • Extract from : « A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India » by Charles Acland

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