strewn
Use Strewn in a sentence verb (used with object), strewed, strewn 
[stroon] or strewed, strew·ing.
[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:
before 1000; Middle English strewen, Old English strewian; cognate with German streuen, Old Norse strā, Gothic straujan; akin to Latin sternere to spread (see stratum)
before 1000; Middle English strewen, Old English strewian; cognate with German streuen, Old Norse strā, Gothic straujan; akin to Latin sternere 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.
un·strewed, adjective
un·strewn, adjective
Antonyms
1. gather, reap.
1. gather, reap.
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| —vb , strews, strewing, strewed, strewn, strewed | |
| to spread or scatter or be spread or scattered, as over a surface or area | |
| [Old English streowian; related to Old Norse strā, Old High German streuwen, Latin struere to spread] | |
| 'strewer | |
| —n | |
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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).
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Example sentences
If a hurricane is a chaotic system, then the wreckage strewn in its path is its fractal pattern.
The nation's financial realities require the government to pave a road to recovery that is not strewn with nails.
He said police received calls about people driving off with some of the bags of milk powder that are strewn along the beach.
Bits of corn and other animal feed are strewn about the grounds.
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