to strew
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6.3
- verb
- /struː/
:
esparcir
- In South Asian art, apsaras are commonly shown carrying flowers, which they strew over kings and heroes in celebration of their victories.
- strew petals
- strew flowers
- strew corn
Airmen who flew over the area reported seeing the land strewn with mostly Spanish corpses.
- Airmen who flew over the area reported seeing the land strewn with mostly Spanish corpses.
- Their clothes strewn about the living room, the couple lay naked on the couch.
- The poet may strew it with lovely effects, but the place, the moment itself, cannot be known.
- And moreover, in an area strewn with mortal perils, the springboard launching point for the highest affirmation.
- And so there's books in the kitchen, there's books in, in my bedroom, and there's books on my bed and just strewn everywhere.
- From the rubble strewn streets of Baghdad, Hadi collects body parts from the dead, which he stitches together to form a corpse.
- It was like the whole crowd was absolutely strewn with these AKA wall cops are bastard signs.
- It can also take those little purslane cuttings, if you will and just strewn them throughout your garden.
- And so, and then you have all of these strewn together and, and then they are confined.
Examples
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I'm going with the twisting leaf strewn path through the woods.
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My heart squeezed, no, thank God, not Ruth but Paul, the uniformed super, who clasped a bucket of salt which he strewed along the concrete walk's white pall as if sowing seed.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'll go out and strew the path with flowers.
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And he got to Thailand, and the native girls, they strew flowers in his path.
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Forerun fair love, strewing her way with flowers.
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Eventually, we carried his ashes to Mississippi and strewed them over his parents' graves.
Fiction book (1991) -
From the refuse cans, they strewed torn papers, orange and banana peelings.
Fiction book (1992) -
As he walked through rubble strewn courts and roofless halls, he is said to have quoted a Persian poet.
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A truckful of chickens passed us—stacks and stacks of crates, strewing feathers.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children will strew leaves on the ground for the fall festival.
Synonyms
187
2.8
To spread small things like leaves or seeds over an area without order
100
1.1
To put small drops of liquid or tiny pieces on something
1
8.8
To cover with small drops or spots like mud and paint
To cover a surface by scattering things like papers or flowers
Antonyms
How Scattered
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strew comes from an old English word that meant 'to scatter' and is related to straw, because people used to strew straw across floors. So, to strew something today is to scatter or spread it in a messy way.