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be·strew
(bĭ-stro͞o′)tr.v. be·strewed, be·strewed or be·strewn (-stro͞on′), be·strew·ing, be·strews
1. To strew (a surface) with things so as to cover it: The crowd bestrewed the streets with confetti.
2. To lie scattered over or about: Books and papers bestrewed the desk.
[Middle English bistrewen, from Old English bestrēowian : be-, be- + strēowian, to strew; see strew.]
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bestrew
(bɪˈstruː)vb, -strews, -strewing, -strewed, -strewn or -strewed
(tr) to scatter or lie scattered over (a surface)
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be•strew
(bɪˈstru)v.t. -strewed, -strewed -strewn, -strew•ing.
1. to strew.
2. to lie scattered over.
[before 1000]
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bestrew
Past participle: bestrewed/bestrewn
Gerund: bestrewing
| Imperative |
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| bestrew |
| bestrew |
| Present |
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| I bestrew |
| you bestrew |
| he/she/it bestrews |
| we bestrew |
| you bestrew |
| they bestrew |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I bestrewed |
| you bestrewed |
| he/she/it bestrewed |
| we bestrewed |
| you bestrewed |
| they bestrewed |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am bestrewing |
| you are bestrewing |
| he/she/it is bestrewing |
| we are bestrewing |
| you are bestrewing |
| they are bestrewing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| you have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| he/she/it has bestrewed/bestrewn |
| we have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| you have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| they have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was bestrewing |
| you were bestrewing |
| he/she/it was bestrewing |
| we were bestrewing |
| you were bestrewing |
| they were bestrewing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had bestrewed/bestrewn |
| you had bestrewed/bestrewn |
| he/she/it had bestrewed/bestrewn |
| we had bestrewed/bestrewn |
| you had bestrewed/bestrewn |
| they had bestrewed/bestrewn |
| Future |
|---|
| I will bestrew |
| you will bestrew |
| he/she/it will bestrew |
| we will bestrew |
| you will bestrew |
| they will bestrew |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| you will have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| he/she/it will have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| we will have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| you will have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| they will have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be bestrewing |
| you will be bestrewing |
| he/she/it will be bestrewing |
| we will be bestrewing |
| you will be bestrewing |
| they will be bestrewing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been bestrewing |
| you have been bestrewing |
| he/she/it has been bestrewing |
| we have been bestrewing |
| you have been bestrewing |
| they have been bestrewing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been bestrewing |
| you will have been bestrewing |
| he/she/it will have been bestrewing |
| we will have been bestrewing |
| you will have been bestrewing |
| they will have been bestrewing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been bestrewing |
| you had been bestrewing |
| he/she/it had been bestrewing |
| we had been bestrewing |
| you had been bestrewing |
| they had been bestrewing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would bestrew |
| you would bestrew |
| he/she/it would bestrew |
| we would bestrew |
| you would bestrew |
| they would bestrew |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| you would have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| he/she/it would have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| we would have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| you would have bestrewed/bestrewn |
| they would have bestrewed/bestrewn |
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Verb 1. [画像:bestrew - cover by strewing]bestrew - cover by strewing
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Translations
bestrew
[bɪˈstruː] (bestrewed (pt) (bestrewed or bestrewn (pp))) VT (liter) [+ things] → desparramar, esparcir ; [+ surface] → sembrar, cubrir (with de)Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005