To cover or overspread a surface place etc with something scattered or sprinkled.
Strewn across the floor.
The door to the spare room was open and the boxes and cases in there had been strewn all over the floor.
To strew rumors among the troops.
Dramatic pictures show the aftermath of a crash which saw a car smashing into a petrol pump.
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Erskine barbara midnight is a lonely place files and folders interspersed with loose memos and invoices were strewn haphazardly across the desk.
To strew a floor with sawdust.
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Strewing flowers down the aisle.
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Debris were left strewn across the floor of the shell garage on northway in maghull following the crash.
Wreckage was strewn across a wide area indicating that the plane exploded in mid air a consignment of sugar from one of the bulk carriers was strewn over a large area debris was strewn throughout the area and the engine and a wing landed in the river the dog loves to play in the litter and strew it around the floor.
To be scattered or sprinkled over a surface.
Sawdust strewed the floor.
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