Category:Strew

Strew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strewed; p. p. strewn; p. pr. & vb. n. Strewing.] Etym: [oe. strewen, strawen, as. strewian, streówian; akin To ofries. strewa, os. strewian, d. strooijen, g. streuen, ohg. Strewen, icel. stra, sw. strö, dan. ströe, goth. straujan, l. Sternere, stratum, gr. st. *166. Cf. Stratum, straw, street.]

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.