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# strew

«strew» in Mova's school dictionary: **To scatter things untidily over a surface** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (strew, strews, strewed, strewn or strewed, strewing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To scatter things untidily over a surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strew/#m1)

2) To be lying scattered over a place: leaves strewed the path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strew/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

A describing verb for messy or scattered scenes: toys strewn across the floor, petals strewn at a wedding, rubbish strewn on the beach. In The Wind in the Willows the weasels leave Toad Hall strewn with mess after their feasting. Common phrase: «strewn with».

### examples

- Toys were strewn all over the bedroom floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strew/#x1)
- The flower girl strewed petals along the aisle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strew/#x2)
- Leaves strewed the path after the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strew/#x3)
- The beach was strewn with seaweed and shells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strew/#x4)
- Don't strew your clothes on the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strew/#x5)
- The kitchen was strewn with crumbs and plates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strew/#x6)
- The little maiden strewed flowers in her path. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strew/#x7)

### note

Past participle usually «strewn» («was strewn with»). Similar: scatter. Old form: «strow».

### In the corpora

- [And the woman took and spread the covering over the well's mouth, and strewed groats thereon; and nothing was known.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.499/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «strew» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strew/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.