strew

strew

transitive verb \ˈstrü\

: to spread or scatter things over or on the ground or some other surface

: to lie on or cover (something)

strewedstrewed or strewn \ˈstrün\ strew·ing

Full Definition of STREW

1

:  to spread by scattering

2

:  to cover by or as if by scattering something <strewing the highways with litter>

3

:  to become dispersed over as if scattered

4

:  to spread abroad :  disseminate

Examples of STREW

1. She strewed the birdseed on the ground.
2. <sidewalks strewed with trash left by the parade watchers>

Origin of STREW

Middle English strewen, strowen, from Old English strewian, strēowian; akin to Old High German strewen to strew, Latin struere to heap up, sternere to spread out, Greek stornynai

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to STREW

Synonyms

bestrew, dot, pepper, sow, spot, spray, sprinkle, scatter

Related Words

blanket, drizzle, dust; stud; dapple, fleck, speckle, stipple; bespatter, spatter

Rhymes with STREW

blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo