overstrew

American  

[oh-ver-stroo] / ˌoʊ vərˈstru /

verb (used with object)

overstrewed, overstrewn, overstrewed, overstrewing

1. to strew or scatter over.

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Etymology

Origin of overstrew

First recorded in 1560–70; over- + strew

Example Sentences

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overstrewed overstrewn

A second low belt of hills, gypsum and anhydrite, succeeded by limestone overstrewed with basaltic boulders, forms the western bank of the molten sea, and opens into a mountain ravine.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

But then it was dry, while the bed of sparkling sand, overstrewn with small shells, showed no mark of footsteps.

From Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion by Henham, Ernest G.

But, meanwhile, abrupt transitions Are not to my taste, I own; So with songs, like wreaths of flowers, Shall this gap be overstrewn.

From The Trumpeter of Säkkingen A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Scheffel, Joseph Victor von

The counter, shelves, and floor had all been scoured, and the latter was overstrewn with fresh blue sand.

From House of the Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

This picture represents a vast sun-bathed meadow, overstrewn with new-mown hay and punctuated, here and there, by the rounded cones of the stacks.

From Bastien Lepage by Crastre, Fr.

But the earth was so overstrewn with loose stones, which had rolled down from the basalt walls above, that it was difficult to reach it.

From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Nansen, Fridtjof