Runs in all directions and disturbs cat's rest (8)
I believe the answer is:
scatters
'runs in all directions' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'disturbs cat's rest' is the wordplay.
'disturbs' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'disturbed' mean this (the order of letters is disturbed)).
'cats'+'rest'='catsrest'
'catsrest' is an anagram of 'SCATTERS'.
'and' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for scatters that I've seen before include "Strews in all directions" , "Disperses in all directions" , "Disperses and scatters around" , "Disperses and throws around" , "Throws in random directions" .)