- to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle: to strew seed in a garden bed.
- to cover or overspread (a surface, place, etc.) with something scattered or sprinkled: to strew a floor with sawdust.
- to be scattered or sprinkled over (a surface): Sawdust strewed the floor.
- to spread widely; disseminate: to strew rumors among the troops.
- to spread or scatter or be spread or scattered, as over a surface or area
