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strew

  [stroo]
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–verb (used with object), strewed, strewn  [stroon] or strewed, strew⋅ing.
1. 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:
bef. 1000; ME strewen, OE strewian; c. G streuen, ON strā, Goth straujan; akin to L sternere to spread (see stratum )

Related forms:
strewer, noun

Synonyms:
1. broadcast. See sprinkle.

Antonyms:
1. gather, reap.
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strew   (strōō)   
tr.v.   strewed, strewn (strōōn) or strewed, strew·ing, strews

  1. To spread here and there; scatter: strewing flowers down the aisle.

  2. To cover (an area or a surface) with things scattered or sprinkled: "Italy . . . was strewn thick with the remains of Roman buildings" (Bernard Berenson).

  3. To be or become dispersed over (a surface).

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


[Middle English strewen, from Old English strēowian; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

strew 
O.E. streowian, from P.Gmc. *straujanan (cf. O.S. stroian, O.N. stra, Dan. strø, Swed. strö, M.Du. strowen, Du. strooien, O.H.G. strouwen, Ger. streuen, Goth. straujan "to sprinkle, strew"), from PIE base *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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