Scattering

Definition

scatter /'skætǝ(r)/ v ၁။ လူစုခြဲသည္။ လူစုကြဲသည္။ The crowd scattered. ❍ The police scattered the crowd. ၂။ (က) ႀကဲသည္။ ပက္သည္။ ျဖန္႔ႀကဲထားသည္။ scatter seed (over the ground) ❍ scatter grit on the road ❍ A few cushions were scattered about. (ခ) ~ sth with sth ႀကဲသည္။ scatter the lawn with grass seed. (also scattering /'skætǝrÇŋ/) n [sing] ကြက္တိကြက္က်ား။ ေျပာက္တိေျပာက္က်ား။ a scatter of hailstones ❍ a scattering of applause/ houses. ❏ scattered adj ဟိုတစ္စုသည္တစ္စု။ က်ဳိးတိုးက်ဲတဲ။ ေျပာက္ေျပာက္။ ကြက္က်ား။ a few scattered settlements ❍ a thinly scattered population ❍ sunshine with scattered showers.

Examples

1. I scattered some grain on the floor of the hen house.
2. [scatter something on/over/around etc] : The children had scattered toys all over the floor.
3. The rabbits scattered when they heard our footsteps.
4. The enemy forces had been scattered and were unable to regroup.