Words about words

You scatter something if you spread them around at roughly even spacing but with no real order. People often scatter seeds to feed birds. The acorns in the picture are scattered all over the ground.

Scold means to angrily lecture or chide someone, especially a child, for doing something wrong.

Scottish means a person from Scotland or anything to do with Scotland.

You scrub something when you use something stiff and scratchy like a scrubbing brush to clean it with. When you scrub something you do it vigorously, not gently.

You search for something when you look for it very carefully.

Sedate is another word for calm. If you are sedated, you have been given a drug to make you calm.

You sell something when you give it to someone else in exchange for some money. The man in the picture is in a shop selling some goods to a customer.
The opposite of sell is buy. The past tense of sell is sold.

Sent is the past tense of send. For example, "I sent you a parcel in the post".

Shady means that something is fully or partially shielded from the sun.

lan You shake something when you move it vigorously up and down or from side to side. The dog in the photo is shaking water out of its coat. People shake drinks like milk to make them frothy.
Shaking can be used to communciate too. People shake their heads from side to side to mean "no", and two people will shake hands as a greeting.