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strewing (verb)

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  • bestrew — verb a) To cover with straw or strewing. b) To strew over or about …   Wiktionary

  • strew — transitive verb (strewed; strewed or strewn; strewing) Etymology: Middle English strewen, strowen, from Old English strewian, strēowian; akin to Old High German strewen to strew, Latin struere to heap up, sternere to spread out, Greek stornynai… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • strew — [[t]stru͟ː[/t]] strews, strewing, strewed, strewn VERB To strew things somewhere, or to strew a place with things, means to scatter them there. [V n prep/adv] The racoons knock over the rubbish bins in search of food, and strew the contents all… …   English dictionary

  • bestrew — transitive verb ( strewed; strewed or bestrewn; strewing) Date: before 12th century 1. strew 2. to lie scattered over …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • overstrew — transitive verb ( strewed; strewed or overstrewn; strewing) Date: circa 1570 1. to strew or scatter about 2. to cover here and there …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • scatter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. strew, disperse, disseminate, dispel, dissipate. See dispersion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become separated] Syn. run apart, run away, go one s own way, diverge, disperse, disband, migrate, spread …   English dictionary for students

  • litter — {{11}}litter (n.) c.1300, a bed, also bed like vehicle carried on men s shoulders (early 14c.), from Anglo Fr. litere portable bed, O.Fr. litiere litter, stretcher, bier; straw, bedding, from M.L. lectaria litter (altered in French by influence… …   Etymology dictionary

  • strew — UK [struː] / US [stru] verb Word forms strew : present tense I/you/we/they strew he/she/it strews present participle strewing past tense strewed UK [struːd] / US [strud] past participle strewn UK [struːn] / US [strun] be strewn (with) to cover a… …   English dictionary

  • strew — /stru / (say strooh) verb (t) (strewed or strewn, strewing) 1. to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle: to strew seed in a garden bed. 2. to cover or overspread (a surface, place, etc.) with something… …  

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