strew – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
strew
v.
scatter, sprinkle; spread or cover a surface; be scattered or spread over a surface; disseminate, distribute
strew
Verb
1. spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
(synonym) straw
(hypernym) spread, distribute
(hyponym) bestrew
(derivation) scatter, scattering, strewing
2. cover; be dispersed over; "Dead bodies strewed the ground"
(hypernym) cover, spread over
Strew
(v. t.)
To spread abroad; to disseminate.
(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.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Synonyms and related words:
bestrew, broadcast, circulate, circumfuse, cover, deal out, diffract, diffuse, dispense, disperse, dispread, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, diverge, dust, fan out, issue, litter, overscatter, oversow, overspread, propagate, publish, radiate, retail, scatter, sow, sow broadcast, splay, spread, spread out, sprinkle, straw, toss, utter
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.