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)

Word History and Origins

Origin of bestrew¹

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

Example Sentences

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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