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Word entry · 5 letters

strew

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"Scatter about"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /stɹuː/Part of speech verbSorted erstwStarts with SEnds with W1 clues
1S2T3R4E5W

Definitions

  1. cover; be dispersed over

Word origin

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”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”).

Used in a sentence

  • to strew sand over a floor
  • The files had been strewn all over the floor.
  • Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew.

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