資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Strew \Strew\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strewed}; p. p. {strewn}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Strewing}.] [OE. strewen, strawen, AS.
   strewian, stre['o]wian; akin to Ofries. strewa, OS. strewian,
   D. strooijen, G. streuen, OHG. strewen, Icel. str[=a], Sw.
   str["o], Dan. str["o]e, Goth. straujan, L. sternere, stratum,
   Gr. ?, ?, Skr. st?. [root]166. Cf. {Stratum}, {Straw},
   {Street}.]
   1. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw
      loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable
      into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to
      strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a
      grave.

            And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.
                                                  --Dryden.

            On a principal table a desk was open and many papers
            [were] strewn about.                  --Beaconsfield.

   2. To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over
      or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered;
      as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed
      the ground.

            The snow which does the top of Pindus strew.
                                                  --Spenser.

            Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?
                                                  --Pope.

   3. To spread abroad; to disseminate.

            She may strew dangerous conjectures.  --Shak.

Strewing \Strew"ing\, n.
   1. The act of scattering or spreading.

   2. Anything that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in
      the plural. --Shak.

資料來源 : WordNet®

strewing
     n : the act of scattering [syn: {scatter}, {scattering}]