strew
IPA: strˈu
verb
- (dated, except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
- (archaic) To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
- (transitive, archaic) To spread abroad; to disseminate.
- To populate with at random points; to cause to appear randomly distributed throughout.
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Examples of "strew" in Sentences
- The water is strewed on the ground.
- He strewed powder all over the places.
- He strews the teeth of the Hydra on the ground.
- With wild wood-leaves and weeds I ha 'strew'd his grave,
- 2722: With wild wood-leaues & weeds, I ha 'strew'd his graue
- So don't do the easy, unsightly, unkind thing and strew the tag.
- They strew disclaimers about the article to remedy the situation.
- Don't be afraid to strew a bit of liveliness amongst the esoterica.
- The word strew means to scatter -- as men scatter seed in sowing it.
- I feel proud to strew purple chive petals and olive oil over a block of feta.
- We saw a pink quartz arrowhead and a scraper on one strew of fire-cracked rock.
- They didn't get a 21 gun salute, and maidens didn't strew their way with flowers.
- It is easy to forswear the old nostrums when people are optimistically strewing petals in your path.
- Marijuana growers are siphoning water, spraying pesticides, chopping down trees and leaving California's wilderness areas strew with litter.
- During the visit, as always, the site was spotless—no piles of rebar, no heaps of wood scraps, no mounds of dirt, no strew of nails and screws.
- In my experience, the portion of this that most needs a wish of good luck is getting the kids (and possibly husband) to not strew everything around the house out of the groupings – so good luck!
- Their language is free from bad rhetoric; the reasoning is cogent, but there is an absence of emotion and imagination; they contain few quotable things, and no passages of commanding eloquence, such as strew the orations of Webster and Burke.
- The most persuasive explanation is that the word comes from the Anglo-Saxon 'strew' meaning 'spread', a reference to the plant's ability to reproduce by sending out runners and layering, but there are many other tales in circulation including the idea that the berries used to be sold on straws in the manner of a fruity kebab.