- strewn
- Strew Strew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strewed}; p. p. {strewn}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Strewing}.] [OE. strewen, strawen, AS.
strewian, stre['o]wian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian,
D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. str[=a], Sw.
str["o], Dan. str["o]e, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum,
Gr. ?, ?, Skr. st?. [root]166. 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.
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And strewed his mangled limbs about the field. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? --Pope. [1913 Webster]
3. To spread abroad; to disseminate. [1913 Webster]
She may strew dangerous conjectures. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
