"overstrew" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: overstrews [present, singular, third-person], overstrewing [participle, present], overstrewed [past], overstrewn [participle, past]
Etymology: From over- + strew. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|strew}} over- + strew Head templates: {{en-verb||||overstrewn}} overstrew (third-person singular simple present overstrews, present participle overstrewing, simple past overstrewed, past participle overstrewn)
  1. To strew or scatter over.

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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