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strew

Pronunciation: /stɹuː/

The English word “strew” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
  2. To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
  3. To spread abroad; to disseminate.
  4. To populate with at random points; to cause to appear randomly distributed throughout.

Etymology

From Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strēawian, strēowian (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”). Cognate with Scots strow, straw (“to strew”), West Frisian streauwe (“to strew”), Dutch strooien (“to strew, scatter, sprinkle”), German…

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