/ struː; NAmE / verb ( strewed , strewed , strewn , / struːn; NAmE /)
1.
[ vn ] [ usually passive ] strew A on, over, across, etc. B | strew B with A to cover a surface with things
SYN scatter :
Clothes were strewn across the floor.
The floor was strewn with clothes.
( figurative )
The way ahead is strewn with difficulties.
2.
[ vn ] to be spread or lying over a surface :
Leaves strewed the path.
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English stre(o)wian , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch strooien , German streuen , from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sternere lay flat.