Word.ws English Dictionary

bestrewn

bestrewn is the past participle of bestrew.

Meaning of bestrew

Verb

bestrew (third-person singular simple present bestrews, present participle bestrewing, simple past bestrewed, past participle bestrewn)

  1. (transitive) To strew or scatter about; throw or drop here and there.
  2. (transitive) To strew anything upon; strew over or about; cover or partially cover with things strewn; cover with straw or strewing.

Synonyms of bestrewn

Questions about bestrewn

What is bestrewn the past participle of?
Bestrewn is the past participle of bestrew.

Words near bestrewn in the dictionary

  1. bestrewals
  2. bestrewed
  3. bestrewing
  4. bestrewment
  5. bestrewments
  6. bestrewn
  7. bestrews
  8. bestrid
  9. bestridden
  10. bestride
  11. bestrides

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: bestrewn (page history and authors); bestrew (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “bestrewn.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/bestrewn. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.