'Strew' definitions:

Definition of 'strew'

From: WordNet
verb
Spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" [syn: strew, straw]
verb
Cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"

Definition of 'Strew'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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]

Synonyms of 'strew'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Strew'