Strew

Definition of Strew

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Strewed ; p. p. strewn ; p. pr. & vb. n. Strewing.] And strewed his mangled limbs about the field. - Dryden. On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about. - Beaconsfield.
	2.	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. The snow which does the top of Pindus strew. - Spenser. Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain? - Pope.
	3.	To spread abroad; to disseminate. She may strew dangerous conjectures. - Shak.

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