simple past tense and past participle of scatter
"The seeds were scattered across the garden before being covered with soil."
In plain English: To scatter something means to throw it around so that it ends up all over the place instead of staying together.
"The children scattered across the park after lunch."
occurring or distributed over widely spaced and irregular intervals in time or space
"scattered showers"
"scattered villages"
lacking orderly continuity
"a confused set of instructions"
"a confused dream about the end of the world"
"disconnected fragments of a story"
"scattered thoughts"
Seemingly randomly distributed.
"The fallen leaves were scattered across the lawn in a seemingly random pattern."
In plain English: Scattered means things are spread out loosely and not organized together.
"The books were scattered all over the floor after the children finished playing."