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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 ove…

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. v. t. To spread abroad; to disseminate.
  4. v. spread by scattering (‘straw’ is archaic)
  5. v. cover; be dispersed over
  6. v:100 v. spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic) v. cover; be dispersed over