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Definition of strewed in English English dictionary
- Simple past of strew
- Past participle of strew
- strew
- To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner
Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew.
- strew
- {v} to scatter, spread by scattering, cast
- strew
- cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground" spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet
- strew
- To distribute small particles of something
- strew
- {f} scatter, sprinkle; spread or cover a surface; be scattered or spread over a surface; disseminate, distribute
- strew
- spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
- strew
- To spread abroad; to disseminate
- strew
- To strew things somewhere, or to strew a place with things, means to scatter them there. The racoons knock over the rubbish bins in search of food, and strew the contents all over the ground An elderly woman was strewing the floor with French chalk so that the dancing shoes would not slip By the end, bodies were strewn all round the headquarters building
- strew
- 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
- strew
- cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"
- strew
- spread by scattering "straw"
- strew
- is archaic; "strew toys all over the carpet
- strew
- 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