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overstrew

overstrew verb: to strew or scatter over.

Verb

overstrew (third-person singular simple present overstrews, present participle overstrewing, simple past overstrewed, past participle 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

Forms of overstrew

third-person singular presentoverstrews
present participleoverstrewing
pastoverstrewed
past participleoverstrewn

Origin of overstrew

From over- + strew.

Questions about overstrew

What does overstrew mean?
Overstrew means to strew or scatter over.
What part of speech is overstrew?
Overstrew is a verb.
What is the past tense of overstrew?
The past tense of overstrew is overstrewed.

Words near overstrew in the dictionary

  1. overstressing
  2. overstretch
  3. overstretched
  4. overstretches
  5. overstretching
  6. overstrew
  7. overstrewed
  8. overstrewing
  9. overstrewn
  10. overstrews
  11. overstricken

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