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strew

verb
/stɹuː/UK/stɹu/US

Etymology

From Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strēawian, strēowian (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”). Cognate with Scots strow, straw (“to strew”), West Frisian streauwe (“to strew”), Dutch strooien (“to strew, scatter, sprinkle”), German streuen (“to strew, scatter”), Swedish strö (“to strew”), Icelandic strá (“to strew”), Norwegian Nynorsk strå (“to strew”).

  1. derived from *strew-✻
  2. inherited from *strawjaną✻
  3. inherited from *strauwjan✻
  4. inherited from strewian
  5. inherited from strewen

Definitions

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

    • to strew sand over a floor
    • The files had been strewn all over the floor.
    • Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew.

  2. To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.

    • 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 spread abroad; to disseminate.

    • She may strew dangerous conjectures.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To populate with at random points

      To populate with at random points; to cause to appear randomly distributed throughout.

      • error-strewn

The neighborhood

Derived

bestrew, instrew, overstrew, strewable, strewage, strewer, strewment, strewments, strewnfield, unstrewed

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA