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Strew v. t. (past & past part. strewed; past part. strewn; pres. part. strewing)

To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave. "And strewed his mangled limbs about the field." "On a principal table a desk was open and many papers (were) strewn about."

To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground. "The snow which does the top of Pindus strew." "Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?"

To spread abroad; to disseminate. "She may strew dangerous conjectures."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Strew" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the added peril their purpose remained. The heavens might roar their thunders, the lightnings might blind their staring eyes, the howling gale might strew their path with every obstruction, nothing could change them, nothing could stop them but ...

— The Golden Woman - A Story of the Montana Hills • Ridgwell Cullum

... and honeysuckles pound, With these alluring savours strew the ground, And mix with tinkling brass the cymbal's ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 49, Saturday, Oct. 5, 1850 • Various

... used, according to the previous condition of the land and the results desired. When used before planting, it is put on with a grain drill, or, if the area is small, is raked in by hand. It may be applied in the furrow in two ways—first, strew it along in the bottom and mix it with the soil by dragging a chain or a hoe over it, or by using the cultivator that made the drill. Then plant the bulbs, and cover properly. Second, after the drill is made and the bulbs are dropped, cover them ...

— The Gladiolus - A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus (2nd Edition) • Matthew Crawford

... tidying of the rooms in honor of the Bishop's visit. Whilst Scarlett impatiently waited the good pleasure of Master Carfax the maids were busy carrying many things to and fro; fresh rushes to strew my lord's rooms, candles and tapers, silks and cloths, and brown ewers of water. All the rubbish and sweepings of the floors were borne out in great baskets to ...

— Robin Hood • Paul Creswick

... it has not been sufficiently noted that mechanical invention has been from the first its essential feature, that even to-day our social life gravitates around the manufacture and use of artificial instruments, that the inventions which strew the road of progress have also traced its direction. This we hardly realize, because it takes us longer to change ourselves than to change our tools. Our individual and even social habits survive ...

— Human Traits and their Social Significance • Irwin Edman

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