scatter (redirected from scattered)

scatter something about and scatter something around

to throw or distribute something about. The children scattered the books about and left the room in a general mess. They scattered about all the books and papers.

See also: and, around

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be scattered to the four winds  (literary)

if a group of things or people are scattered to the four winds, they are sent to different places which are far away from each other Homes were destroyed and families were scattered to the four winds.

See also: four, wind