transitive verb (strewed; strewed or strewn; strewing)
Etymology: Middle English strewen, strowen, from Old English strewian, strēowian; akin to Old High German strewen to strew, Latin struere to heap up, sternere to spread out, Greek stornynai Date: before 12th century to spread by scattering, to cover by or as if by scattering something , to become dispersed over as if scattered, to spread abroad ; disseminate