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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
strew \strew\, v. t. imp.  p. p. strewed; p. p. strewn; p.
   pr.  vb. n. strewing. oe. strewen, strawen, as.
   strewian, stre'owian; akin to ofries. strewa, os. strewian,
   d. strooijen, g. streuen, ohg. strewen, icel. str=a, sw.
   str"o, dan. str"oe, goth. straujan, l. sternere, stratum,
   gr. ?, ?, skr. st?. root166. cf. stratum, straw,
   street.
   1. to scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw
      loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable
      into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to
      strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a
      grave.
      1913 webster

            and strewed his mangled limbs about the field.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            on a principal table a desk was open and many papers
            were strewn about.                  --beaconsfield.
      1913 webster

   2. to cover more or less thickly by scattering something over
      or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered;
      as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed
      the ground.
      1913 webster

            the snow which does the top of pindus strew.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

            is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. to spread abroad; to disseminate.
      1913 webster

            she may strew dangerous conjectures.  --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
strewed strewn strewing stratum straw street 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
strew
     v 1: spread by scattering "straw" is archaic; "strew toys all
          over the carpet" syn: straw
     2: cover; be dispersed over; "dead bodies strewed the ground"
     also: strewn
see also:
straw strewn 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
36 moby thesaurus words for "strew":
   bestrew, broadcast, circulate, circumfuse, cover, deal out,
   diffract, diffuse, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate,
   dissipate, distribute, diverge, dust, fan out, issue, litter,
   overscatter, oversow, overspread, propagate, publish, radiate,
   retail, scatter, sow, sow broadcast, splay, spread, spread out,
   sprinkle, straw, toss, utter





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Definition of strew - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
...strew. One entry found for strew.. Main Entry: strew Pronunciation: ' ... 2 : to cover by or as if by scattering something <strewing the ... ..
http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=strew, score=100, date indexed=November 14, 2005, 6:24 pm

strew - definition of strew by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and ...
...Meaning of strew. What does strew mean? strew synonyms, strew antonyms ... strew - spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all ... ..
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/strew, score=61, date indexed=December 15, 2005, 3:13 pm

Would strew her way with carpet-tacks
...Hoopes, Margaret Campbell. "Would strew her way with carpet-tacks" ... strew her way with carpet-tacks. from: Tom Thumb: A Ballad Arrangement ... ..
http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/images/MH51.htm, score=47, date indexed=January 4, 2006, 11:44 am

dict.cc dictionary :: to strew about :: English-German translation
...to strew. übersäen .. .. to strew. bestreuen .. .. to strew {strewed, ... to strew about. verstreuen .. Partial Matches. .. to strew. streuen . ... ..
http://www.dict.cc/?s=to+strew+about, score=45, date indexed=December 8, 2005, 1:59 am

dict.cc dictionary :: strew :: English-German translation
...to strew. streuen .. .. to strew. übersäen .. .. to strew {strewed,. ... to strew {strewed,. strewn,. strewed}. streuen .. .. to strew about. ... ..
http://www.dict.cc/?s=strew, score=45, date indexed=December 6, 2005, 10:23 pm

strew (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)
...They strew papers over the floor. Examples. "strew toys all over the ... strew > 2 senses. VERB. 1. strew, straw. Spread by scattering ("straw ... ..
http://www.hyperdic.com/dic/strew.htm, score=42, date indexed=November 13, 2005, 9:58 am

STREW - Definition
...... as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew ... v]  spread by scattering; "strew toys all over the carpet" ("straw" is ... ..
http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/strew, score=40, date indexed=November 11, 2005, 8:39 am

strew - OneLook Dictionary Search
...Phrases that include strew:   strew around litter Words similar to ... strew : Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info] * Strew ... ..
http://www.onelook.com/?loc=rescb&w=strew, score=40, date indexed=December 3, 2005, 11:35 pm

Strew
...... strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers ... starting with strew, words containing strew or words ending with strew ... ..
http://www.morewords.com/word/strew/, score=40, date indexed=November 10, 2005, 3:49 pm

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