vi to be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm.
2. scatter ·vt hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like.
3. scatter ·vt to strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, ·esp. in an open or sparse order.
4. scatter ·vt to cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse.