strew

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strew [strew strews strewn strewed strewing] BrE [struː] NAmE [struː] verb (strewed, strewedor strewed, strewnBrE [struːn] ; NAmE [struːn] )
1. usually passive to cover a surface with things
Syn: ↑scatter
•~ A on, over, across, etc. B Clothes were strewn across the floor.
•~ B with A The floor was strewn with clothes.
•The streets were strewn with corpses.
• (figurative)The way ahead is strewn with difficulties.
2. ~ sth to be spread or lying over a surface
•Leaves strewed the path.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English stre(o)wian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch strooien, German streuen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sternere ‘lay flat’.

Example Bank:
•He put the bag on the ground and strewed some dead leaves over it.