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Definition of Strew

1. Verb. Spread by scattering (. "They strew papers over the floor"; "Strew toys all over the carpet"

2. Verb. Cover; be dispersed over. "They strew the floor with papers"; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"

Definition of Strew

1. 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.

Definition of Strew

1. Verb. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strew

1. to scatter about [v STREWED, STREWN, STREWING, STREWS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strew

stretching(a) stretching out stretching the truth stretchings stretchmark stretcht stretchy stretta strettas strette

stretti stretto strettos streusel streusels strew (current term) strewage strewages strewed strewer

strewers strewing strewings strewment strewments strewn strewn field strewnfield strewnfields strews

Literary usage of Strew

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

1. The Female Poets of Great Britain: Chronologically Arranged: with Copious by Frederic Rowton (1849)
"strew them far, and wide, and high, A rosy shower 'twixt earth and sky ! ... strew about! strew about! Home the lovely bride ye bring: Choicest flowers ..."

2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Squadron by squadron o'er this path they stream'd Apollo leading still, and rearing high The priceless ^Egis ; and he strew'd to earth The rampart with all ..."

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