Synonyms for scattering
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : skat-er-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskæt ər ɪŋ |
Définition of scattering
Origin :- mid-14c., "that which has been strewn about;" late 14c., "act of dispersing," verbal noun from scatter (v.).
- adj uneven
- Scattering it in tenements and residential districts has been very unfortunate.
- Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe
- Scattering flowers upon a cesspool of iniquity will not purify it.
- Extract from : « Gipsy Life » by George Smith
- Scattering the wind in their wild rush, the animals take flight.
- Extract from : « The Temptation of St. Antony » by Gustave Flaubert
- Scattering in various directions we ragged about until tea-time.
- Extract from : « From Snotty to Sub » by Wolstan Beaumont Charles Weld Forester
- Scattering quickly, and under the cover of the different houses, he advanced within a very short distance of the fort.
- Extract from : « The Siege of Mafeking (1900) » by J. Angus Hamilton.
- Scattering a meager ration of corn, Mrs. Peabody went into the hen house and reappeared presently with a basket filled with eggs.
- Extract from : « Betty Gordon at Bramble Farm » by Alice B. Emerson
- Scattering good seed seemed to be her mission, and many a good word dropped into fruitful soil, and took its time to bring forth.
- Extract from : « The Right Knock » by Helen Van-Anderson
- Scattering the foam at their bows, the two boats rushed along the blue lane of clear water which lay between the booms.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 19th, 1914 » by Various
- Scattering the sheep that flecked the velvet turf of the uplands, they stood at length on the granite crown of the crest itself.
- Extract from : « Mr. Crewe's Career, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- Scattering towns all through the district reported one to two deaths.
- Extract from : « The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado » by Logan Marshall
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