strew (stro?o)tr.v. strewed, strewn (stro?on) or strewed, strew·ing, strews 1. To spread here and there; scatter or distribute: strewing flowers down the aisle.2. To distribute something over (an area or surface): “Italy … was strewn thick with the remains of Roman buildings” (Bernard Berenson).3. To be or become dispersed over (a surface): “Enemy is retiring … His dead men and horses strew the roads” (Jeb Stuart).4. To spread (something) over a wide area; disseminate.[Middle English strewen, from Old English str?owian; see ster- in Indo-European roots.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.strew (stru?) vb, strews, strewing, strewed, strewn or strewedto spread or scatter or be spread or scattered, as over a surface or area[Old English streowian; related to Old Norse str?, Old High German streuwen, Latin struere to spread] ?strewer nCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014strew (stru) v.t. strewed, strewn (stro?o?n) or strewed, strew?ing. 1. to scatter freely; sprinkle: to strew seed in a garden bed. 2. to overspread with something scattered: to strew a floor with sawdust. 3. to be scattered over: Flowers strewed the meadow. 4. to disseminate: to strew rumors. [before 1000; Middle English; Old English stre(o)wian, c. Old Frisian str?wa, Old Saxon str?ian, Old High German streuen, Old Norse str?, Gothic straujan] strew?er, n. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.Strew a number of items scattered over an area, 1578.Examples: strew of books and pamphlets, 1907; of printer?s proofs, 1891; of weeping verse, 1657.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.strewPast participle: strewed/strewnGerund: strewingImperativePresentPreteritePresent ContinuousPresent PerfectPast ContinuousPast PerfectFutureFuture PerfectFuture ContinuousPresent Perfect ContinuousFuture Perfect ContinuousPast Perfect ContinuousConditionalPast ConditionalImperativestrewstrewPresentI strewyou strewhe/she/it strewswe strewyou strewthey strewPreteriteI strewedyou strewedhe/she/it strewedwe strewedyou strewedthey strewedPresent ContinuousI am strewingyou are strewinghe/she/it is strewingwe are strewingyou are strewingthey are strewingPresent PerfectI have strewed/strewnyou have strewed/strewnhe/she/it has strewed/strewnwe have strewed/strewnyou have strewed/strewnthey have strewed/strewnPast ContinuousI was strewingyou were strewinghe/she/it was strewingwe were strewingyou were strewingthey were strewingPast PerfectI had strewed/strewnyou had strewed/strewnhe/she/it had strewed/strewnwe had strewed/strewnyou had strewed/strewnthey had strewed/strewnFutureI will strewyou will strewhe/she/it will strewwe will strewyou will strewthey will strewFuture PerfectI will have strewed/strewnyou will have strewed/strewnhe/she/it will have strewed/strewnwe will have strewed/strewnyou will have strewed/strewnthey will have strewed/strewnFuture ContinuousI will be strewingyou will be strewinghe/she/it will be strewingwe will be strewingyou will be strewingthey will be strewingPresent Perfect ContinuousI have been strewingyou have been strewinghe/she/it has been strewingwe have been strewingyou have been strewingthey have been strewingFuture Perfect ContinuousI will have been strewingyou will have been strewinghe/she/it will have been strewingwe will have been strewingyou will have been strewingthey will have been strewingPast Perfect ContinuousI had been strewingyou had been strewinghe/she/it had been strewingwe had been strewingyou had been strewingthey had been strewingConditionalI would strewyou would strewhe/she/it would strewwe would strewyou would strewthey would strewPast ConditionalI would have strewed/strewnyou would have strewed/strewnhe/she/it would have strewed/strewnwe would have strewed/strewnyou would have strewed/strewnthey would have strewed/strewnCollins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011