Strew

  • 21strew|ment — «STROO muhnt», noun. Archaic, something strewed, as flowers …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 22strew around — phr verb Strew around is used with these nouns as the object: ↑garbage, ↑rubbish …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 23strew — Synonyms and related words: bestrew, broadcast, circulate, circumfuse, cover, deal out, diffract, diffuse, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, diverge, dust, fan out, issue, litter, overscatter, oversow, overspread,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24strew — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scatter, disperse, disseminate; throw to the winds. See dispersion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. spread, toss, cover; see scatter 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. spread, scatter, sprinkle, disperse,… …

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  • 25strew — see STRAW …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 26strew — struː v. scatter, sprinkle; spread or cover a surface; be scattered or spread over a surface; disseminate, distribute …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 27strew — wrest …

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  • 28strew — verb (past participle strewn or strewed) scatter untidily over a surface or area. ↘(usu. be strewn with) cover (a surface or area) with untidily scattered things. Derivatives strewer noun Origin OE stre(o)wian, of Gmc origin …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29strew — v. a. 1. Scatter, spread, strow. 2. Cover, overspread …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 30strew — verb past participle strewn, or strewed (transitive usually passive) 1 to scatter things around a large area (+ around/about/over): I found papers strewn all over the room. | be strewn with: The yard was strewn with garbage. 2 literary to lie… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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