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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Strew \Strew\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Strewed}; p. p. {strewn}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strewing}.] [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, stre['o]wian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. str[=a], Sw. str["o], Dan. str["o]e, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. ?, ?, Skr. st?. [root]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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Strewn \Strewn\, p. p. of {Strew}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
strew
verb
1: spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" [syn: {straw}]
2: cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground" [also: {strewn}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
strewn
adjective
1: (used with 'with' or in combination) covered by or as if by something scattered over or on; "the forest floor strewn with boulders"; "the petal-strewn aisle"
2: being distributed here and there without order; "scattered leaves littered the sidewalk"; "don't forget to pick up the clothes lying strewn all over the floor" [syn: {scattered}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
strewn See {strew}
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