strew

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to scatter or spread things loosely, often untidily, over a surface

   They began to strew flower petals along the path.

2. 2
   verb

   to cover or lie over a surface as scattered objects, often in the passive form strewn

   Fallen branches were strewn across the road after the storm.

From Middle English strewen, from Old English strewian, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną 'to scatter'. It is related to straw through the older idea of spreading straw or other material over a surface.

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