Strew

/stɹu/

Synonyms for "strew" (61 found)

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Closest matches (13)

Verb(4 words)

scatter sprinkle besprinkle cover

bestrewbranch outbroadcast circular circulate circumfuse clutter coverdeal out

Strong matches (18)

diffract diffuse dispense disperse dispread disseminate dissipate distribute diverge dustfan outissue litter

Verb(4 words)

disperse distributefull oflitter

Noun(1 words)

italian sparso 'scattered'

Related words (30)

Verb(6 words)

littered peppered riddled scattered spread straw

Noun(7 words)

littering litters scatsscatter of starsscattering sprinkling strewing

overscatter oversow overspread propagate publish radiate retail scatter sowsow broadcastsplay spreadspread outsprinkle straw toss utter

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More general

8 entries

cover distributefigurative usageidiom spreadspread overtransitive verbverb

More specific

9 entries

disperse littered littering peppered peppering riddled spread spreading sprinkle

Collocations

5 entries

scattered debrisscattered seedsstrewing flowersstrewn ashesstrewn petals

Inflections

4 entries

strewed strewing strewn strews

Derivations

3 entries

strewable strewed strewing

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"Go, set the storm-winds free, / and sink their ships or scatter them astray, / and strew their corpses forth, to weltering waves a prey."

Source: tatoeba (6779373)

to strew sand over a floor

Source: wiktionary

The files had been strewn all over the floor.

Source: wiktionary

Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew.

Source: wiktionary

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