To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
to strew sand over a floor
To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
Leaves strewed the ground.
To spread abroad; to disseminate.
She may strew dangerous conjectures.
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”),...
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