strew
verb/struː/
/struː/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they strew | /struː/ /struː/ |
| he / she / it strews | /struːz/ /struːz/ |
| past simple strewed | /struːd/ /struːd/ |
| past participle strewed | /struːd/ /struːd/ |
| past participle strewn | /struːn/ /struːn/ |
| -ing form strewing | /ˈstruːɪŋ/ /ˈstruːɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to cover a surface with things synonym scatter
- strew A on, over, across, etc. B Clothes were strewn across the floor.
- He put the bag on the ground and strewed some dead leaves over it.
- strew B with A The floor was strewn with clothes.
- The streets were strewn with corpses.
- (figurative) The way ahead is strewn with difficulties.
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- strew something to be spread or lying over a surface
- Leaves strewed the path.
Word OriginOld English stre(o)wian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch strooien, German streuen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sternere ‘lay flat’.
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