strew
Signification (Anglais)
- (dated) To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
- (archaic) To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
- (archaic, transitive) To spread abroad; to disseminate.
- To populate with at random points; to cause to appear randomly distributed throughout.
Synonymes
strow
grow over
Traductions
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/stɹuː/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
From Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strēawian, strēowian (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”). Cognate with Scots strow, straw (“to strew”), West Frisian streauwe (“to strew”), Dutch strooien (“to strew, scatter, sprinkle”), German streuen (“to strew, scatter”), Swedish strö (“to strew”), Icelandic strá (“to strew”), Norwegian Nynorsk strå (“to strew”).
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