strew
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Definition of strew
4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(dated)To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
“to strew sand over a floor”
“The files had been strewn all over the floor.”
“Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew.”
“And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.”
“[…] I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.”
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verb
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(dated)To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
“to strew sand over a floor”
“The files had been strewn all over the floor.”
“Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew.”
“And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.”
“[…] I ſee Th’ Inſulting Tyrant prancing o’er the Field Strow’d with Rome’s Citizens, and drench’d in Slaughter, His Horſe’s Hoofs wet with Patrician Blood.”
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(archaic)To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
“Leaves strewed the ground.”
“The snow which does the top of Pindus strew.”
“Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?”
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(archaic, transitive)To spread abroad; to disseminate.
“She may strew dangerous conjectures.”
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To populate with at random points; to cause to appear randomly distributed throughout.
“error-strewn”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strēawian, strēowian (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”).…
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From Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strēawian, strēowian (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”). Cognate with Scots strow, straw (“to strew”), West Frisian streauwe (“to strew”), Dutch strooien (“to strew, scatter, sprinkle”), German streuen (“to strew, scatter”), Swedish strö (“to strew”), Icelandic strá (“to strew”), Norwegian Nynorsk strå (“to strew”).
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