bestrew

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: be=strew

CIDE DICTIONARY

bestrew, v. t. 

 To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bestrew, v.tr. (past part. bestrewed or bestrewn)
1 (foll. by with) cover or partly cover (a surface).
2 scatter (things) about.
3 lie scattered over.

Etymology

OE bestreowian (as BE-, STREW)

ROGET THESAURUS

bestrew

Dispersion

VB disperse, scatter, sow, broadcast, disseminate, diffuse, shed, spread, bestrew, overspread, dispense, disband, disembody, dismember, distribute, apportion, blow off, let out, dispel, cast forth, draught off, strew, straw, strow, ted, spirtle, cast, sprinkle, issue, deal out, retail, utter, resperse, intersperse, set abroach, circumfuse, turn adrift, cast adrift, scatter to the winds, spread like wildfire, disperse themselves.