strew
pronunciation
How to pronounce strew in British English:
UK [stru:]
How to pronounce strew in American English:
US [stru]
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- Verb:
- spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)
- cover; be dispersed over
Word Origin
- strew
- strew: see straw
- strew (v.)
- Old English strewian, streowian "to scatter," from Proto-Germanic *strawjan- (cognates: Old Frisian strewa, Old Saxon strowian, Old Norse stra, Danish strø, Swedish strö, Middle Dutch strowen, Dutch strooien, Old High German strouwen, German streuen, Gothic straujan "to sprinkle, strew"), from PIE root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure (n.)). Related: Strewed; strewn; strewing.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Their custom is to strew flowers over the graves .
- 2. To strew the streets with litter .
- 3. They continued to strew cans and wrappers all across the fields .
- 4. What a mess ! Look at the pajamas strew on the bed .
- 5. We strew our life with flowers