| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  str |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: strewed, strewn (strn) 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. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English strewen, from Old English str owian. See ster-2 in Appendix I.
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