Strew — Defs

01 v. t. To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; …

imp. & p. p. Strewed; p. p. strewn; p. pr. & vb. n. Strewing

1.
To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.
“And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.” — Dryden.

“On a principal table a desk was open and many papers [were] strewn about.” — Beaconsfield.
2.
To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground.
“The snow which does the top of Pindus strew.” — Spenser.

“Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?” — Pope.
3.
To spread abroad; to disseminate.
“She may strew dangerous conjectures.” — Shak.