Strew

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle.
  • v. To cover (an area or a surface) with things scattered or sprinkled: "Italy . . . was strewn thick with the remains of Roman buildingsā€ ( Bernard Berenson).
  • v. To be or become dispersed over (a surface).
  • v. To spread (something) over a wide area; disseminate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
  • v. To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
  • v. To spread abroad; to disseminate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles
  • v. To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered
  • v. To spread abroad; to disseminate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To scatter; spread loosely: said of dry, loose, separable filings: as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on the floor; to strew flowers over a grave.
  • To cover in spots and patches here and there, as if by sprinkling or casting loosely about.
  • To spread a broad; give currency to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. spread by scattering (
  • v. cover; be dispersed over
  • Verb Form
    strewed    strewing    strewn    strews   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cover    spread over   
    Variant
    strewn   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    disseminate    scatter    sprinkle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few   
    Same Context
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