Strew Definition

stro͝o

strewed, strewing, strewn, strews

verb

strewed, strewing, strewn, strews

To cover over (a surface) with something.

Webster's New World

To scatter (things) over or about a surface.

Webster's New World

To lie scattered over or about (a surface)

Webster's New World

To spread (something) over a wide area; disseminate.

American Heritage

To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.

To strew sand over a floor.

Wiktionary

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Origin of Strew

From Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strÄ“awian, strÄ“owian (“to strew, scatter"), from Proto-Germanic *strawjanÄ… (“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").

From Wiktionary
Middle English strewen from Old English strēowian ster-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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