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strew — [stru:] v past tense strewed past participle strewn [stru:n] or strewed [T usually passive] [: Old English; Origin: strewian] 1.) to scatter things around a large area be strewn with sth ▪ The street was strewn with broken glass. strew sth… … Dictionary of contemporary English
strew — strew, straw, scatter, sow, broadcast can mean to throw loosely or at intervals. Strew and the less common straw usually imply a spreading at intervals, but the intervals may be so fine as not to be obvious or so great that each thing may be… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
strew — [ stru ] (past participle strewn [ strun ] or strewed [ strud ] ) verb be strewn (with) 1. ) to cover a wide area: Thousands of temples are strewn throughout the hills of Bali. 2. ) to be covered with things that are spread around in a careless… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
strew — UK [struː] / US [stru] verb Word forms strew : present tense I/you/we/they strew he/she/it strews present participle strewing past tense strewed UK [struːd] / US [strud] past participle strewn UK [struːn] / US [strun] be strewn (with) to cover a… … English dictionary
strew — verb past participle strewn, or strewed (transitive usually passive) 1 to scatter things around a large area (+ around/about/over): I found papers strewn all over the room. | be strewn with: The yard was strewn with garbage. 2 literary to lie… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
strew — v 1. scatter, sprinkle, spread, diffuse, sow, disperse, distribute, bestrew. 2. broadcast, propagate, promulgate, publish; advertise, bruit, pass the word around, disseminate … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
strew — [struː] (past participle strewn [struːn] ) verb be strewn (with) to be covered with things that are spread around in a untidy way[/ex] One room was strewn with children s toys.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
garbage — noun ⇨ See also ↑rubbish, ↑trash 1 (esp. AmE) waste material ADJECTIVE ▪ household, kitchen (AmE) ▪ rotting … OF GARBAGE ▪ bag … Collocations dictionary
rubbish — noun ⇨ See also ↑garbage, ↑trash 1 (esp. BrE) waste material ADJECTIVE ▪ domestic, household ▪ garden … OF RUBBISH ▪ bag … Collocations dictionary
scatter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. strew, disperse, disseminate, dispel, dissipate. See dispersion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To become separated] Syn. run apart, run away, go one s own way, diverge, disperse, disband, migrate, spread … English dictionary for students
