strew
verb
[ struː ]
• scatter or spread (things) untidily over a surface or area.
• "a small room with newspapers strewn all over the floor"
Similar:
scatter,
spread,
disperse,
distribute,
litter,
toss,
sprinkle,
sow,
broadcast,
bestrew,
besprinkle,
Origin:
Old English stre(o)wian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch strooien, German streuen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sternere ‘lay flat’.
