2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strew  \Strew\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Strewed};  p.  p.  {strewn};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Strewing}.]  [OE.  strewen,  strawen,  AS 
  strewian  stre['o]wian;  akin  to  Ofries  strewa,  OS  strewian 
  D.  strooijen  G.  streuen,  OHG.  strewen,  Icel.  str[=a],  Sw 
  str["o],  Dan.  str["o]e,  Goth.  straujan  L.  sternere,  stratum, 
  Gr  ?,  ?,  Skr.  st?.  [root]166.  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. 
 
  And  strewed  his  mangled  limbs  about  the  field. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  On  a  principal  table  a  desk  was  open  and  many  papers 
  [were]  strewn  about  --Beaconsfield. 
 
  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. 
 
  The  snow  which  does  the  top  of  Pindus  strew. 
  --Spenser. 
 
  Is  thine  alone  the  seed  that  strews  the  plain? 
  --Pope. 
 
  3.  To  spread  abroad;  to  disseminate. 
 
  She  may  strew  dangerous  conjectures.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  strew 
  v  1:  spread  by  scattering;  "strew  toys  all  over  the  carpet" 
  ("straw"  is  archaic)  [syn:  {straw}] 
  2:  cover;  be  dispersed  over  "Dead  bodies  strewed  the  ground" 

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