strew

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• UK: /stɹuː/
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• US: /stɹu/
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From Middle English strewen, strawen, streowen, from Old English strewian, strēawian, strēowian (“to strew, scatter”), from Proto-West Germanic *strauwjan, from Proto-Germanic *strawjaną (“to strew”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, scatter”). Cognate with Scots strow, straw (“to strew”), West Frisian streauwe (“to strew”), Dutch strooien (“to strew, scatter, sprinkle”), German streuen (“to strew, scatter”), Swedish strö (“to strew”), Icelandic strá (“to strew”), Norwegian Nynorsk strå (“to strew”).

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разпръсвам (razprǎsvam) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Bulgarian: разстилам (razstilam) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 散開 /散开 (sànkāi) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Czech: rozházet — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Czech: roztrousit — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Czech: rozptýlit — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Dutch: strooien — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Dutch: bestrooien — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Finnish: sirotella — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Finnish: levittää — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Finnish: hajottaa — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• French: parsemer — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• French: joncher — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Friulian: stierni — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Galician: espallar — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Galician: esparexer — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• German: streuen — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Ido: trasemar — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Ido: dissemar — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Indonesian: menyebar — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Indonesian: menebar — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Irish: easraigh — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Irish: scaip — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Italian: spargere — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Italian: disseminare — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Italian: cospargere — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Italian: ricoprire — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Japanese: 散らす (chirasu) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Japanese: ばら撒く (baramaku) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Korean: 흩다 (heutda) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Korean: 흩뜨리다 (heuttteurida) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Latin: spargō — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Latin: cōnsternō — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Māori: whārikiriki — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Māori: whakapūreirei — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: strø — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: strø — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Persian: افشاندن (afšândan) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Polish: rozrzucić — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Portuguese: espalhar — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Portuguese: esparramar — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Romanian: împrăștia — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Romanian: răspândi — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Romanian: așterne — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Russian: разбра́сывать (razbrásyvatʹ) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Russian: разброса́ть (razbrosátʹ) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Russian: сы́пать (sýpatʹ) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Russian: насы́пать (nasýpatʹ) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Russian: посы́пать (posýpatʹ) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Sanskrit: स्तृणोति (stṛṇoti) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Sanskrit: स्तृनाति (stṛnāti) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Spanish: esparcir — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Swedish: strö — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Telugu: వెదజల్లు (vedajallu) — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Tocharian B: kät- — to distribute objects or pieces of something
• Ottoman Turkish: صاچمق (saçmak) — to distribute objects or pieces of something