overstrew

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verb

To strew or scatter over.

Scrabble 15
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Meanings

verboverstrew (third-person singular simple present overstrews, present participle overstrewing, simple past overstrewed, past participle overstrewn)

present singular third person overstrews · participle present overstrewing · past overstrewed · participle past overstrewn

  1. To strew or scatter over.

    Hot ordnance split and shiver and rebound, And firelocks fouled and flintless overstrew the ground.

    1908, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts, Part III, Act III, Scene III, page 108

Origin

From over- + strew.

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APA

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“overstrew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstrew. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overstrew,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overstrew.

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