Definition of Overstrew

1. v. t. To strew or scatter over.

Definition of Overstrew

1. Verb. To strew or scatter over. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Overstrew

1. [v -STREWED, -STREWN, -STREWING, -STREWS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overstrew

overstrains
overstraitly
overstraw
overstrawed
overstrawing
overstrawn
overstrenuous
overstress
overstressed
overstresses
overstressing
overstretch
overstretched
overstretches
overstretching
overstrew (current term)
overstrewed
overstrewing
overstrewn
overstrews
overstrict
overstridden
overstride
overstrides
overstriding
overstrike
overstrikes
overstrode
overstrow
overstrowed

Literary usage of Overstrew

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1894)
"This is the home of the vitrified and crystalline bowlders which overstrew the surface. There are fifty thousand feet of later strata resting above these ..."

2. Walks and Talks in the Geological Field by Alexander Winchell (1898)
"This is the home of the vitrified and crystalline bowlders which overstrew the surface. There are fifty thousand feet of later strata resting above these ..."

3. Geological Studies by Alexander Winchell (1886)
"They overstrew the drift-covered surfaces. The deepest rocks are also very extensively the surface rocks. With the progress of time, the conditions of rock ..."

4. Evangelical Christendom by Evangelical Alliance (1849)
"... for it is to be feared that soon the influence of the Jesuitical Austrian party will again overstrew it with the most poisonous weeds ; therefore, ..."

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