vt to spread abroad; to disseminate.
2. strew ·vt 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.
3. strew ·vt 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.