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Pronunciation : Strew
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, stre?wian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. stra, Sw. str?, Dan. str?e, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. st. *166. Cf. Stratum, Straw, Street.]
Definition : 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. And strewed his mangled limbs about the field. Dryden. On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about. Beaconsfield.

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. The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. Spenser. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain Pope.

3. To spread abroad; to disseminate. She may strew dangerous conjectures. Shak.

t. [imp. & p. p. Strewed; p. p. strewn; p. pr. & vb. n. Strewing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913