• (British) IPA: /stɹuː/　
• (America) IPA: /stɹu/

strew (strews, present participle strewing; past strewed, past participle strewn)

1. (archaic except strewn) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.

   to strew sand over a floor

   • circa 1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 5, scene 3

     Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew.

   • And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.

   • On a principal table a desk was open and many papers strewn about.

2. (archaic except strewn) To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.

   Leaves strewed the ground.

   • The snow which does the top of Pindus strew.

   • 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify ), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], OCLC 960856019 ↗:

3. (transitive, archaic) To spread abroad; to disseminate.

   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene v]:

     She may strew dangerous conjectures.

• scatter, sprinkle

• strain

• French: parsemer, joncher
• German: streuen
• Italian: spargere, disseminare, cospargere, ricoprire
• Portuguese: espalhar, esparramar
• Russian: разбра́сывать
• Spanish: esparcir