strew

English

/stɹuː/, /stɹu/

verb
Definitions
  • (archaic except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
  • (archaic except strewn) To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
  • (transitive) To spread abroad; to disseminate.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English strewen inherited from Old English strewian inherited from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (strew) derived from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*strew-

Gloss

strew, spread, spread out, scatter, spread around

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

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