STREW


Meaning of STREW in English

strew /struː/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense strewed , past participle strewn /struːn/ or strewed ) [transitive usually passive]

[ Language: Old English ; Origin: strewian ]

1 . to scatter things around a large area

be strewn with something

The street was strewn with broken glass.

strew something around/about/over etc something

clothes strewn across the floor

2 . strewn with something written containing a lot of something:

conversation liberally strewn with swear words

3 . literary to lie scattered over something:

Flowers strewed the path.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.