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单词 strew
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strew

[ stroo ]
/ stru /
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verb (used with object), strewed, strewn [stroon] /strun/ or strewed, strew·ing.

to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle: to strew seed in a garden bed.
to cover or overspread (a surface, place, etc.) with something scattered or sprinkled: to strew a floor with sawdust.
to be scattered or sprinkled over (a surface): Sawdust strewed the floor.
to spread widely; disseminate: to strew rumors among the troops.

Origin of strew

First recorded before 1000; Middle English strewen,Old English strewian; cognate with German streuen,Old Norse strā,Gothic straujan; akin to Latin sternere “to spread” (see stratum)

SYNONYMS FOR strew

1 broadcast.
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ANTONYMS FOR strew

1 gather, reap.
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synonym study for strew

1. See sprinkle.

OTHER WORDS FROM strew

strewer, nounun·der·strew, verb (used with object), un·der·strewed, un·der·strewn or un·der·strewed, un·der·strew·ing.un·strewed, adjectiveun·strewn, adjective

Words nearby strew

Stretford, stretta, stretto, streusel, streuselkuchen, strew, strewment, strewth, stria, striae atrophicae, striae gravidarum
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British Dictionary definitions for strew

strew
/ (struː) /

verb strews, strewing, strewed, strewn or strewed

to spread or scatter or be spread or scattered, as over a surface or area

Derived forms of strew

strewer, noun

Word Origin for strew

Old English streowian; related to Old Norse strā, Old High German streuwen, Latin struere to spread
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