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bestrew

[ bih-stroo ]

verb (used with object)

, be·strewed, be·strewed or be·strewn, be·strew·ing.
  1. to strew or cover (a surface).
  2. to strew or scatter about.
  3. to lie scattered over.


bestrew

/ bɪˈstruː /

verb

  1. tr to scatter or lie scattered over (a surface)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bestrew1

before 1000; Middle English bistrewen, Old English bestrēowian. See be-, strew
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Example Sentences

What a hecatomb of mouldering bones would bestrew those fields of ice!

Without any signs of dizziness or staggering, he walked between the boulders which bestrew the path.

Brush over with butter and bestrew with sugar, cinnamon, and currants.

Children climb about its walls and windows; cockneys scratch their names, and picnic parties bestrew the grass with paper.

He kept sending flowers, as if to bestrew the path of his retreat, which was never the path of a return.

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