Definitions for strew
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strew, strawverb

   spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)

   "strew toys all over the carpet"

2. strewverb

   cover; be dispersed over

   "Dead bodies strewed the ground"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strewverb

   To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.

2. Etymology: Old English strewian.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To STREWverb

   Perhaps strow is best, being that which reconciles etymology with pronunciation.

   Etymology: Strawan, Gothick; stroyen, Dutch; streawian , Sax. strawen, German; strôer, Danish.

   1. To spread by being scattered.

   The snow which does the top of Pindus strew,
   Did never whiter shew. Edmund Spenser.

   Is thine alone the seed that strews the pain?
   The birds of heav’n shall vindicate their grain. Alexander Pope.

   2. To spread by scattering.

   I thought thy bride-bed to have deck’d, sweet maid,
   And not have strew’d thy grave. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   Here be tears of perfect moan,
   Wept for thee in Helicon;
   And some flowers and some bays,
   For thy herse, to strew the ways. John Milton.

   3. To scatter loosely.

   The calf he burnt in the fire, ground it to powder, and strawed it upon the water, and made Israel drink of it. Ex.

   With furies and nocturnal orgies fir’d,
   Whom ev’n the savage beasts had spar’d, they kill’d,
   And strew’d his mangled limbs about the field. Dryden.

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1. strew

   To strew means to scatter or spread things loosely or disperse them over a surface or area. It frequently refers to scattering items in different directions over a wide area.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Strewverb

   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. Strewverb

   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. Strewverb

   to spread abroad; to disseminate

4. Etymology: [OE. strewen, strawen, AS. strewian, strewian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian, D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. str, Sw. str, Dan. stre, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum, Gr. , , Skr. st. 166. Cf. Stratum, Straw, Street.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Strew

   strōō, v.t. to spread by scattering: to scatter loosely:—pa.p. strewed or strewn.—ns. Strew′ing, act of scattering or spreading over: anything fit to be strewed: (Shak.) litter for cattle; Strew′ment (Shak.), anything strewed or scattered in decoration. [A.S. streowian; Ger. streuen, L. sternĕre.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strew

   Strew (verb) an act of disseminate or spread.

   Strew is an action that perform of distribution.

   
   

   Submitted by pinkss5 on September 27, 2015  

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1. trews

2. werst

3. wrest

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of strew in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of strew in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=strew
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Strew
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=strew
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strew
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=strew