- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To spread abroad; to disseminate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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