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overstrow

overstrow is the alternative form of overstrew.

Meaning of overstrew

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 overstrow

third-person singular presentoverstrows
present participleoverstrowing
pastoverstrowed
past participleoverstrown

Origin of overstrow

From over- + strow.

Questions about overstrow

What is overstrow the alternative form of?
Overstrow is the alternative form of overstrew.

Words near overstrow in the dictionary

  1. overstriving
  2. overstrode
  3. overstrong
  4. overstrongly
  5. overstrove
  6. overstrow
  7. overstrowed
  8. overstrowing
  9. overstrown
  10. overstrows
  11. overstruck

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overstrow (page history and authors); overstrew (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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