[strew] vt strewed ; strewed or strewn ; strew.ing [ME strewen, strowen, fr. OE strewian, streowian; akin to OHG strewen to strew, L struere to heap up, sternere to spread out, Gk stornynai] (bef. 12c) 1: to spread by scattering
2: to cover by or as if by scattering something "~ing the highways with litter"
3: to become dispersed over as if scattered
4: to spread abroad: disseminate