the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being scattered or dispersed > scatter [verb (transitive)] > scatter here and there at intervals > set (a surface) with things at intervals (2)
transitive. To provide (a thing) with (also †full of) a number of usually scattered objects; to intersperse.
transitive. In extended use (chiefly in passive). To scatter or cover (something) with a number of objects or features. Also with over.