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- DictionaryStrew/stro͞o/
verb
- 1. scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area: "a small room with newspapers strewn all over the floor"
The meaning of STREW is to spread by scattering. How to use strew in a sentence.
Strew definition: to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle. See examples of STREW used in a sentence.
STREW definition: 1. to spread things in an untidy way over a surface, or to be spread in an untidy way over a…. Learn more.
STREW meaning: 1. to spread things in an untidy way over a surface, or to be spread in an untidy way over a…. Learn more.
When you strew something, you scatter it all over the place. At a wedding, for example, the flower child's job is to strew the path with petals.
strew. (struː) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense strews, present participle strewing, past tense strewed, past participle strewn. verb. To strew things somewhere, or to strew a place with things, means to scatter them there. The racoons knock over rubbish bins and strew the contents all over the ground.
1. To spread here and there; scatter or distribute: strewing flowers down the aisle. 2. To distribute something over (an area or surface): "Italy ... was strewn thick with the remains of Roman buildings" (Bernard Berenson). 3. To be or become dispersed over (a surface): "Enemy is retiring ... His dead men and horses strew the roads" (Jeb Stuart).
