— strewer , n.
/strooh/ , v.t., strewed, strewn /stroohn/ or strewed, strewing .
1. to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle: to strew seed in a garden bed.
2. to cover or overspread (a surface, place, etc.) with something scattered or sprinkled: to strew a floor with sawdust.
3. to be scattered or sprinkled over (a surface): Sawdust strewed the floor.
4. to spread widely; disseminate: to strew rumors among the troops.
[ bef. 1000; ME strewen, OE strewian; c. G streuen, ON stra, Goth straujan; akin to L sternere to spread (see STRATUM) ]
Syn. 1. broadcast. See sprinkle .
Ant. 1. gather, reap.