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   strew

   /struː/

   verb

   • 1. scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area: "a small room with newspapers strewn all over the floor"
   • ▪ cover (a surface or area) with untidily scattered things: "the table was strewn with books and papers"
   • ▪ be scattered or spread untidily over (a surface or area): "leaves strewed the path"

   Word Origin Old Englishstre(o)wian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch strooien, German streuen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sternere ‘lay flat’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. strewer noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   What is the meaning of strew?

   • 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. To spread abroad; to disseminate. Is Strew a Scrabble Word? is strew a Words With Friends word?

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   What is a synonym for strew?

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   What does strew mean in the Wizard of Oz?

   • Other forms: strewn; strewed; strewing; strews When you strew something, you scatter it all over the place. At a wedding, for example, the flower child's job is to strew the path with petals. One of the scariest parts of The Wizard of Oz is when the winged monkeys pounce on the Scarecrow and strew his insides all over the forest floor.

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   What is a strewn garden?

   • These gardens were designed not to accommodate full body burials, but to provide a place in which cremated remains could be strewn or interred. These are minorities which do not occupy geographically contiguous territories, but are strewn over various states and local government areas.

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   Strew is a verb that means to spread by scattering, to cover by or as if by scattering, or to become dispersed over. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for strew.

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   Strew definition: to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle. See examples of STREW used in a sentence.

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   verb. To strew things somewhere, or to strew a place with things, means to scatter them there. The racoons knock over rubbish bins and strew the contents all over the ground. [VERB noun preposition/adverb] A woman was strewing the floor with chalk so that the dancing shoes would not slip. [VERB noun + with]

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   When you strew something, you scatter it all over the place. At a wedding, for example, the flower child's job is to strew the path with petals.