strew

[strew]

When you strew something, you scatter it all over the place. At a wedding, for example, the flower child's job is to strew the path with petals.

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To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.

Verb
cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"

Verb
spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"

v. t.
To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.

v. t.
To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground.

v. t.
To spread abroad; to disseminate.

Strew

Strew , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strewed ; p. p. strewn ; p. pr. & vb. n. Strewing.] [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, stre'a2wian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. str'be, Sw. str'94, Dan. str'94e, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. , , Skr. st. 'fb166. Cf. Stratum, Straw, Street.] 1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.

And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.

On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about.

2. To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground.

The snow which does the top of Pindus strew.

Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?

3. To spread abroad; to disseminate.

She may strew dangerous conjectures.

To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.

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Usage Examples

Sad and sweet and wise Here a child reposes Dust is on his eyes, Quietly he lies - Satan, strew Roses.

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