Antonyms for strewn


Grammar : Verb
Spell : stroo
Phonetic Transcription : stru


Definition of strewn

Origin :
  • Old English streowian, from Proto-Germanic *straujanan (cf. Old Saxon stroian, Old Norse stra, Danish strø, Swedish strö, Middle Dutch strowen, Dutch strooien, Old High German strouwen, German streuen, Gothic straujan "to sprinkle, strew"), from PIE root *stere- "to spread, extend, stretch out" (see structure (n.)).
  • verb spread
Example sentences :
  • It was strewn with pink buds; some just opening into beauty, some half-blown.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • At the impetuous outflinging of her hands, the floor was strewn with pink petals.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • The hallways were strewn with straw and the litter of packing.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • The steamer's deck was covered with ice, over which sand had been strewn.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • The trackside was strewn with disemboweled whitewood barrels.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • White's own papers which he had left behind were strewn about.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • In the three small rooms the floor was strewn with fragments of the broken furniture.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • And the wreckage of their size-change mechanisms was strewn among them.
  • Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
  • There was a point where the stony slope above the bank was strewn with them.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • Offal and carrion were strewn all about the place; it swarmed with flies.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt

Synonyms for strewn

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