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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024strew /stru/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], strewed, strewn /strun/USA pronunciation or strewed, strew•ing. - to scatter (something) freely on (something):The butcher strewed his shop floor with sawdust to absorb stains and odors.
See -stru-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024strew (stro̅o̅),USA pronunciation v.t., strewed, strewn (stro̅o̅n)USA pronunciation or strewed, strew•ing. - to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface;
scatter or sprinkle:to strew seed in a garden bed. - to cover or overspread (a surface, place, etc.) with something scattered or sprinkled:to strew a floor with sawdust.
- to be scattered or sprinkled over (a surface):Sawdust strewed the floor.
- to spread widely;
disseminate:to strew rumors among the troops.
- bef. 1000; Middle English strewen, Old English strewian; cognate with German streuen, Old Norse strā, Gothic straujan; akin to Latin sternere to spread (see stratum)
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged broadcast. See sprinkle.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged gather, reap.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: strew /struː/ vb (strews, strewing, strewed, strewn, strewed)- to spread or scatter or be spread or scattered, as over a surface or area
Etymology: Old English streowian; related to Old Norse strā, Old High German streuwen, Latin struere to spreadˈstrewer n |