strewed; strewed or strewn
ˈstrün 
; strewing
; strewing
1
: to spread by scattering
2
: to cover by or as if by scattering something
strewing the highways with litter
3
: to become dispersed over as if scattered
4
: to spread abroad : disseminate
Examples of strew in a Sentence
She strewed the birdseed on the ground.
sidewalks strewed with trash left by the parade watchers
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Trash was strewn about the nearly 1-acre property.
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Graham Womack
may 18, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
For the next two hours, led by Cheng in a shiny red safety helmet and a bright blue work vest, the team made its way across a flat road that quickly morphed into a vertical, narrow dirt path strewn with loose stone and rock.
—Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026
And there’s like 25,000 of them that are strewn around these dormant volcanoes.
—AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
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Graham Womack
may 18, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.
—Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
For the next two hours, led by Cheng in a shiny red safety helmet and a bright blue work vest, the team made its way across a flat road that quickly morphed into a vertical, narrow dirt path strewn with loose stone and rock.
—Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026
And there’s like 25,000 of them that are strewn around these dormant volcanoes.
—AFAR Media, 11 May 2026
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“Strew.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strew. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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strew
verb
strewed; strewed or strewn
ˈstrün
; strewing
; strewing
1
: to spread (as seeds) by scattering
2
: to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on
strewing the highways with litter
3
: to spread around as if sowing seeds : disseminate
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