strow

[ stroh ]
/ stroʊ /

verb, strowed, strown or strowed, strow·ing. Archaic.

strew.

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Origin of strow

1300–50; Middle English strowen, variant of strewen to strew

Words nearby strow

stropper, stroppy, strother, stroud, strove, strow, stroy, strozzi, struck, struck jury, struck measure
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British Dictionary definitions for strown

strow
/ (strəʊ) /

verb strows, strowing, strowed, strown or strowed

an archaic variant of strew
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