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View synonyms for bestrew
bestrew
[ bih-stroo ]
verb (used with object)
, be·strewed, be·strewed or be·strewn, be·strew·ing.
- to strew or cover (a surface).
- to strew or scatter about.
- to lie scattered over.
bestrew
/ bɪˈstruː /
verb
- tr to scatter or lie scattered over (a surface)
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What a hecatomb of mouldering bones would bestrew those fields of ice!
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Without any signs of dizziness or staggering, he walked between the boulders which bestrew the path.
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Brush over with butter and bestrew with sugar, cinnamon, and currants.
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Children climb about its walls and windows; cockneys scratch their names, and picnic parties bestrew the grass with paper.
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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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