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bestrow

bestrow is the alternative form 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.

Forms of bestrow

third-person singular presentbestrows
present participlebestrowing
pastbestrowed
past participlebestrown

Questions about bestrow

What is bestrow the alternative form of?
Bestrow is the alternative form of bestrew.

Words near bestrow in the dictionary

  1. bestrophin
  2. bestrophinopathies
  3. bestrophinopathy
  4. bestrophins
  5. bestrought
  6. bestrow
  7. bestrowed
  8. bestrowing
  9. bestrown
  10. bestrows
  11. bestrut

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bestrow (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.

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