First Known Use: before 12th century
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strew
transitive verb \ˈstrü\
: to spread or scatter things over or on the ground or some other surface
: to lie on or cover (something)
strewedstrewed or strewn \ˈstrün\ strew·ing
Full Definition of STREW
1
: to spread by scattering
2
: to cover by or as if by scattering something <strewing the highways with litter>
3
: to become dispersed over as if scattered
4
: to spread abroad : disseminate
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Origin of STREW
Middle English strewen, strowen, from Old English strewian, strēowian; akin to Old High German strewen to strew, Latin struere to heap up, sternere to spread out, Greek stornynai
Rhymes with STREW
blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo
STREWING Defined for Kids
strew
verb \ˈstrü\
strewedstrewed or strewn \ˈstrün\strew·ing
Definition of STREW for Kids
1
: scatter 1 <… his house and yard were disgracefully dirty with rusty tin cans strewn about … — Eleanor Estes, The Hundred Dresses>
2
: to spread by scattering <I strewed crumbs for the birds.>
3
: to cover by or as if by scattering something <Drivers strewed the highway with litter.>
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