strew

Значение (English)

1. To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.
2. To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.
3. To spread abroad; to disseminate.
4. To populate with at random points; to cause to appear randomly distributed throughout.

Synonyms

scatter

sprinkle

spread

sow

bestrew

disseminate

straw

cover

strow

disperse

throw

shower

🚿

dot

spoil

disband

disguise

distribute

drape

dust

encase

engulf

fling

flood

grow over

incase

lay

lie

litter

mantle

mask

😷

obliterate

obscure

obstruct

occult

overgrow

overspread

paste

pepper

plank

pour

proliferate

propagate

punctuate

rain

🌧️

shake out

shroud

smother

spray

spread out

stipple

stud

submerge

white out

veil

whiteout

blank out

drown out

make a bed

pour down

spread over

throw about

pour upon

water

🚰

disject

scatter here and there

scatter over

scattered in disorder

bathe

mound over

bespangle

blanket

block out

cake

🍰

canopy

cap

carpet

case

cast

cloak

clothe

conceal

deck

Произносится как (IPA)

/stɹuː/

Этимология (English)

Inherited from среднеанглийский: strewen

Inherited from староанглийский: strewian

Cognate with шотландский: strow

Cognate with западнофризский: streauwe

Cognate with нидерландский: strooien

Cognate with немецкий: streuen

Cognate with шведский: strö

Cognate with исландский: strá

Cognate with нюнорск: strå

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”).
Cognates
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”).