Strew

  • 101straw — [OE] Straw is etymologically something ‘strewn’ on the floor. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *strāwam (source also of German stroh, Dutch stroo, Swedish strå, and Danish straa). This was formed from the same base as produced strew… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 102bestrew — (v.) O.E. bestreowian; see BE (Cf. be ) + STREW (Cf. strew) (v.) …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 103straw — (n.) O.E. streaw stems or stalks of certain cereals, lit. that which is scattered or strewn, related to streowian (see STREW (Cf. strew)), from P.Gmc. *strawam that which is scattered (Cf. O.N. stra, Dan. straa, Swed. strô, O.Fris. stre, O.Du., O …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 104structure — (n.) mid 15c., action or process of building or construction, from L. structura a fitting together, adjustment, building, from structus, pp. of struere to pile, build, assemble, related to strues heap, from PIE *stere to spread, extend, stretch… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 105litter — n 1. rubbish, scattered rubbish, refuse, debris, junk, trash, motley collection; tumble, tangle, shreds, odds and ends, hodgepodge, hash, mishmash, muddle, rummage; ollapodrida, Inf. stew, Inf.Duke s mixture, accumulation. 2. disorder, untidiness …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 106litter — lit•ter [[t]ˈlɪt ər[/t]] n. 1) objects strewn or scattered about; scattered rubbish 2) a condition of disorder or untidiness: We were appalled at the litter of the room[/ex] 3) zool. a number of young brought forth by a multiparous animal at one… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 107посыпать — ПОСЫПАТЬ1, несов. (сов. посыпать), что чем. Помещать (поместить) что л. сыпучее, мелкое на поверхность чего л. [impf. to strew (with); to powder, dust (with), sprinkle (with); to gravel; to sand (down); to salt]. На улицах дворники посыпают… …

    Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

  • 108разбрасывать — РАЗБРАСЫВАТЬ1, несов. (сов. разбросать), что. Разг. Помещать (поместить) что л. куда л. в лежачем положении небрежно, в беспорядке, неаккуратно; Син.: раскидывать, расшвыривать [impf. coll. to throw about; to scatter, spread, strew]. Дети… …

    Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

  • 109bestrew — /bəˈstru/ (say buh strooh), /bi / (say bee ) verb (t) (bestrewed, bestrewn, bestrewing) 1. to strew or cover (a surface). 2. to strew or scatter about. 3. to lie scattered over. {Middle English bistrewe(n), Old English bestrēowian} …

  • 110διεξηνθισμένων — διά , ἐκ ἀνθίζω strew perf part mp fem gen pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic) διά , ἐκ ἀνθίζω strew perf part mp masc/neut gen pl (attic epic doric ionic aeolic) …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

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