MEANING
To scatter objects or material over an area, or to cover an area with scattered things.
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Words that belong together
- strew flowers
- strew something with
- debris strewn across
On the page
The mourners strewed petals along the muddy lane.
Clothes were strewn across the floor as if the wardrobe had emptied itself.
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Word forms
- Base
- strew
- Past tense
- strewed
- Past participle
- strewn or strewed
- Present participle
- strewing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- strew
- Present continuous
- am/is/are strewing
- Present perfect
- have/has strewn or strewed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been strewing
- Past
- strewed
- Past continuous
- was/were strewing
- Past perfect
- had strewn or strewed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been strewing
- Future
- will strew
- Future continuous
- will be strewing
- Future perfect
- will have strewn or strewed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been strewing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: strew; strews; strewed; strewn or strewed; strewing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: strews.
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