to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle: to strew seed in a garden bed.
2.
to cover or overspread (a surface, place, etc.) with something scattered or sprinkled: to strew a floor with sawdust.
3.
to be scattered or sprinkled over (a surface): Sawdust strewed the floor.
4.
to spread widely; disseminate: to strew rumors among the troops.
Origin: before 1000;Middle Englishstrewen,Old Englishstrewian; cognate with Germanstreuen,Old Norsestrā,Gothicstraujan; akin to Latinsternere to spread (see stratum)
Related forms
strew·er, noun
un·der·strew, verb (used with object), un·der·strewed, un·der·strewn or un·der·strewed, un·der·strew·ing.