As usual the peasants are busy scattering grain seeds.
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Scattering
//ˈskætəɹɪŋ//
Synonyms for "scattering" (99 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
28 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разсейване noun (physical process)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 散射 noun (physical process)
Czech
1 entries- rozptyl noun (physical process)
Dutch
2 entries- verspreiding noun (physical process)
- verstrooiing noun (physical process)
Finnish
1 entries- sironta noun (physical process)
French
2 entries- diffusion noun (physical process)
- éparpillement noun (physical process)
Galician
1 entries- dispersión noun (physical process)
German
4 entries- Aufstreuen noun (small quantity of something dispersed at random points)
- Aufstreuung noun (small quantity of something dispersed at random points)
- Ausbreitung noun (physical process)
- Ausstreuen noun (small quantity of something dispersed at random points)
Indonesian
1 entries- hamburan noun (physical process)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاچمه noun (small quantity of something dispersed at random points)
Russian
1 entries- рассеивание noun (physical process)
Urdu
1 entries- بکھراو noun (physical process)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tán xạ noun (physical process)
Sample sentences
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The farmer is scattering seeds over the field.
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The farmers were scattering seed on the fields.
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In Russia, as elsewhere in the world, folklore is rapidly scattering before the practical spirit of modern progress. The traveling peasant bard or story teller, and the devoted "nyanya", the beloved nurse of many a generation, are rapidly dying out, and with them the tales and legends, the last echoes of the nation's early joys and sufferings, hopes and fears, are passing away.
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