scattered

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space

   scattered showers

2. 2
   adj

   Dispersed, spread apart into disunited units.

   scattered applause

3. 3
   adj

   Seemingly randomly distributed.

   There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished.

4. 4
   adj

   Affecting 30 percent to 50 percent of a forecast zone.

   Scattered showers.

5. 5
   adj

   lacking orderly continuity

6. 6
   verb

   simple past and past participle of scatter

7. 7
   adj

   Covering three eighths to four eighths of the sky.