Verb

To distribute objects or pieces of something over an area, especially in a random manner.

to strew sand over a floor

* , Romeo and Juliet , act 5, sc. 3:

Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew .

* Dryden

And strewed his mangled limbs about the field.

* Beaconsfield

On a principal table a desk was open and many papers strewn about.

To cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered.

Leaves strewed the ground.

* Spenser

The snow which does the top of Pindus strew .

* Alexander Pope

Is thine alone the seed that strews the plain?

To spread abroad; to disseminate.

* Shakespeare

She may strew dangerous conjectures.

Verb

(en verb)

To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it.

To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.

* The Bible, 1 i. 15.

Ihave poured out my soul before the Lord.

* The Bible, vii. 8

Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee.

* (William Shakespeare)

London doth pour out her citizens!

* (John Milton)

Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand?

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Can China clean up fast enough? , passage=At the same time, it is pouring money into cleaning up the country.}}

To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

* A. Pope

Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat?

To flow, pass or issue in or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours.

* Gay

In the rude throng pour on with furious pace.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 8, author=Chris Bevan, work=BBC

, title= Arsenal 1-1 Leeds , passage=In a breathless finish Arsenal poured forward looking for a winner but Leeds held out for a deserved replay after Bendtner wastefully fired wide and Schmeichel acrobatically kept out Denilson's rasping effort}}

Verb

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