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1. (v.t.) strew
to scatter freely; sprinkle:
to strew seed in a garden bed.
2. strew
to overspread with something scattered:
to strew a floor with sawdust.
3. strew
to be scattered over:
Flowers strewed the meadow.
4. strew
to disseminate:
to strew rumors.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE stre(o)wian, c. OFris
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) strew, straw
spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
"strew toys all over the carpet"
2. (verb) strew
cover; be dispersed over
"Dead bodies strewed the ground"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) 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
2. (verb) strew
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
3. (verb) strew
to spread abroad; to disseminate
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Sense: to scatter
Rubbish was strewn about on the ground; The ground was strewn with rubbish.
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 Afrikaans: gestrooi |
 Arabic: يَنْثُر |
 Bulgarian: осейвам |
 Brazilian: espalhar |
 Czech: poházet |
 German: (be)streuen |
 Danish: sprede; strø |
 Greek: σκορπίζω |
 Spanish: esparcir, desparramar, se |
 Estonian: laiali puistama,üle puist |
 Farsi: پاشيدن |
 Finnish: levitellä |
 French: éparpiller |
 Hebrew: לְפַזֵר |
 Hindi: छितराना, बिखेरना, लेटना |
 Croatian: posuti, posipati |
 Hungarian: (szét)szór |
 Indonesian: menyebar |
 Icelandic: dreifa |
 Italian: spargere, disseminare |
 Japanese: ばらまく |
 Korean: 흩뿌리다 |
 Lithuanian: (ið)mëtyti, nukloti |
 Latvian: izmētāt; izbārstīt |
 Malay: menyelerakkan sesuatu di |
 Dutch: strooien |
 Norwegian: strø |
 Polish: rozrzucać |
 Persian: پاشيدن |
 Pashto: شیندل، تیتول |
 Portuguese: juncar |
 Romanian: aîmprăştia |
 Russian: разбрасывать |
 Slovak: nahádzať, porozhadzovať |
 Slovenian: raztresti |
 Serbian: posuti |
 Swedish: strö, översålla |
 Thai: โปรย |
 Turkish: saçmak, yaymak |
 Taiwanese: 撒，播，使散落 |
 Ukrainian: розкидати; розстеляти |
 Urdu: سطح پر بکھیرنا یا پھیلانا |
 Vietnamese: rải, vãi, rắc |
 Chinese: 撒满 |
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