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strewn |
3 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Strewn \Strewn\, p. p. of {Strew}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: strewn adj 1: (used with `with' or in combination) covered by or as if by something scattered over or on "the forest floor strewn with boulders"; "the petal-strewn aisle" 2: being distributed here and there without order "scattered leaves littered the sidewalk"; "don't forget to pick up the clothes lying strewn all over the floor" [syn: {scattered}]
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