Strew

Verb

 * 1) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
 * 2) * c. 1595 William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 5, sc. 3:
 * Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew.

Synonyms

 * scatter, sprinkle

Derived terms

 * strewments
 * strewnfield

Related terms

 * strain

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
Old English strewian:.

Translations

 * Chinese: 散开
 * Czech: rozházet, roztrousit,
 * Dutch: strooien, bestrooien
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:
 * Indonesian: menyebar, menebar
 * Japanese: 散らす (ちらす, chirasu), ばら撒く (ばらまく, baramaku)
 * Korean: 흩다 (heutda), 흩뜨리다 (heutTteurida)


 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: împrăştia, răspândi
 * Russian: разбрасывать
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వెదజల్లు (vedajallu)

Anagrams

 * trews, werst, wrest