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strew (verb)

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  • strew — ► VERB (past part. strewn or strewed) 1) (usu. be strewn) scatter untidily over a surface or area. 2) (usu. be strewn with) cover (a surface or area) with untidily scattered things. ORIGIN Old English …   English terms dictionary

  • strew — verb /struː/ To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner. Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew. Syn: scatter, sprinkle See Also: strain …   Wiktionary

  • strew — verb Strew is used with these nouns as the object: ↑garbage, ↑rubbish …   Collocations dictionary

  • strew — [ stru ] (past participle strewn [ strun ] or strewed [ strud ] ) verb be strewn (with) 1. ) to cover a wide area: Thousands of temples are strewn throughout the hills of Bali. 2. ) to be covered with things that are spread around in a careless… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • strew — verb (past participle strewn or strewed) scatter untidily over a surface or area. ↘(usu. be strewn with) cover (a surface or area) with untidily scattered things. Derivatives strewer noun Origin OE stre(o)wian, of Gmc origin …   English new terms dictionary

  • strew — verb past participle strewn, or strewed (transitive usually passive) 1 to scatter things around a large area (+ around/about/over): I found papers strewn all over the room. | be strewn with: The yard was strewn with garbage. 2 literary to lie… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 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

  • 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… …  

  • 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 around — phr verb Strew around is used with these nouns as the object: ↑garbage, ↑rubbish …   Collocations dictionary

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