strew

English

Etymology

Old English strewian.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /struː/, SAMPA: /stru:/

  Rhymes: -uː

Verb

strew (third-person singular simple present strews, present participle strewing, simple past strewed, past participle strewn or strewed)

1. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
   • circa 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 5, sc. 3:

     Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew.

Synonyms

• scatter, sprinkle

Derived terms

• strewments
• strewnfield

Related terms

• strain

Translations

to distribute objects or pieces of something

Chinese: 散开 Czech: rozházet (cs), roztrousit (cs), rozptýlit (cs) Dutch: strooien, bestrooien Finnish: sirotella (fi), levittää (fi), hajottaa (fi) German: streuen (de) Indonesian: menyebar, menebar Japanese: 散らす (ちらす, chirasu), ばら撒く (ばらまく, baramaku) Korean: 흩다 (heutda), 흩뜨리다 (heutTteurida)

Norwegian: strø (no) Polish: rozrzucić (pl) Romanian: împrăștia (ro), răspândi (ro) Russian: разбрасывать Spanish: esparcir (es) Swedish: strö (sv) Telugu: వెదజల్లు (vedajallu)

Anagrams

• trews, werst, wrest