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Meaning of 'strew' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Strew [ 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.
- 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.
- To spread abroad; to disseminate.

Meaning of 'strew' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . strew [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cover; be dispersed over
Example in sentence:
  • Dead bodies strewed the ground
Meaning (2):
- spread by scattering (
Example in sentence:
  • straw;
  • strew toys all over the carpet

Nearby Words:

strabism strabismometer strabismus strabotomy straddle straddled straddling stradometrical straggle straggled

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