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PRONUNCIATION OF BESTREWN

bestrewn  [bɪˈstruːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BESTREWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bestrewn is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bestrewn in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BESTREWN

PRESENT

Present
I bestrew
you bestrew
he/she/it bestrews
we bestrew
you bestrew
they bestrew
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
you have bestrewed
he/she/it has bestrewed
we have bestrewed
you have bestrewed
they have bestrewed
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
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bestrewed
you bestrewed
he/she/it bestrewed
we bestrewed
you bestrewed
they bestrewed
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
you had bestrewed
he/she/it had bestrewed
we had bestrewed
you had bestrewed
they had bestrewed
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
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bestrew
you will bestrew
he/she/it will bestrew
we will bestrew
you will bestrew
they will bestrew
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
Future perfect
I will have bestrewed
you will have bestrewed
he/she/it will have bestrewed
we will have bestrewed
you will have bestrewed
they will have bestrewed
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
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bestrewn
you would bestrewn
he/she/it would bestrewn
we would bestrewn
you would bestrewn
they would bestrewn
Conditional continuous
I would be bestrewing
you would be bestrewing
he/she/it would be bestrewing
we would be bestrewing
you would be bestrewing
they would be bestrewing
Conditional perfect
I would have bestrewn
you would have bestrewn
he/she/it would have bestrewn
we would have bestrewn
you would have bestrewn
they would have bestrewn
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bestrewing
you would have been bestrewing
he/she/it would have been bestrewing
we would have been bestrewing
you would have been bestrewing
they would have been bestrewing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bestrew
we let´s bestrew
you bestrew
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bestrew
Past participle
bestrewed
Present Participle
bestrewing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BESTREWN


Cameroon
ˌkæməˈruːn
croon
kruːn
Duntroon
dʌnˈtruːn
Gudrun
ˈɡʊdruːn
Iskenderun
ɪsˈkɛndəˌruːn
Kamerun
ˈkaməruːn
kroon
kruːn
macaroon
ˌmækəˈruːn
maroon
məˈruːn
octoroon
ˌɒktəˈruːn
overstrewn
ˌəʊvəˈstruːn
patroon
pəˈtruːn
poltroon
pɒlˈtruːn
poultroone
pɒlˈtruːn
prune
pruːn
quadroon
kwɒˈdruːn
quintroon
kwɪnˈtruːn
roon
ruːn
rune
ruːn
strewn
struːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BESTREWN

bestill
bestir
bestirred
bestirring
bestorm
bestow
bestowal
bestower
bestowment
bestraddle
bestraught
bestreak
bestrew
bestridden
bestride
bestrode
bestseller
bestsellerdom
bestselling
bestud

WORDS THAT END LIKE BESTREWN

brown
crown
dawn
down
downtown
handsewn
known
lawn
out-of-town
oversewn
own
rough-hewn
sewn
shewn
shown
takedown
town
unhewn
unknown
unshewn

Synonyms and antonyms of bestrewn in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bestrewn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BESTREWN

Find out the translation of bestrewn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bestrewn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bestrewn» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

撒布
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bestrewn
570 millions of speakers

English

bestrewn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bestrewn
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bestrewn
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bestrewn
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bestrewn
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সমাকীর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

, semé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bestrewn
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bestrewn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bestrewn
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bestrewn
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paling apik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bestrewn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bestrewn
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सर्वात योग्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bestrewn
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bestrewn
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bestrewn
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bestrewn
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bestrewn
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bestrewn
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bestrewn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

beströdd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bestrewn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bestrewn

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BESTREWN»

The term «bestrewn» is used very little and occupies the 173.142 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BESTREWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bestrewn» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bestrewn» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bestrewn

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BESTREWN»

Discover the use of bestrewn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bestrewn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sanskrit English Dictionary (Practical Hand Book):
pp. vi- stir«a, bestrewn, studded with; spread out, extended ; extensive, broad, large, great, detailed (ord. mg.); vistWta, covered with (-"); stretched out, extended ; wide open; developed (action); extensive, broad ; c».vi- .□tAraya, P. extend ...
‎1893
2
A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary with Transliteration, ...
A. stire (RV.1), scatter, strew (esp. the sacrificial grass; in this sense IX. in V.) ; bestrew, cover; V. lay low, overthrow (enemies, V.) : pp. stirna, strewn, scattered ( V.); strita, bestrewn (E.); thrown down (!'.). ava, scatter; bestrew, cover; fill, pervade, ...
Arthur Anthony Macdonell, 1924
3
The Discourse on the All-embracing Net of Views: The ...
The forest clearing through which they were walking appeared then as though it were bestrewn with garlands and wreathes made of gems or with the dust of pulverized gems, as though it were a beautiful golden cloth embroidered with gems, ...
‎1992
4
The Journal of Henry D. Thoreau
As you draw near the powder-mills, you see the hill behind bestrewn with the fragments of mills which have been blown up in past years, — the fragments of the millers having been removed, — and the canal is cluttered with the larger ruins.
Henry David Thoreau, Bradford Torrey, Francis Henry Allen, 1962
5
Chambers Pocket Dictionary
n bestowal, [be- (sense 1) + OE stow, spot or position] bestrewn adj (formal or literary; with with) covered loosely, usu. with things which have been thrown or scattered: a beach bestrewn with shells. [OE bestreow- ian, to strew] bestride v ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
6
The devil upon two sticks in England: Being a continuation ...
bestrewn with them, — and scarce one remains to see me reach the goal. , " c To feel astonishment, — if you do feel it,— at an event so common, — which you must, in the ordinary course of nature, expect for me now, and for yourselves ...
William Coombe, Alain René Le Sage, 1817
7
The Literary Theory Toolkit: A Compendium of Concepts and ...
Psychologically, the purpose of this sort of epic simile is to forget the traumatic present by substituting something rather remote, natural, and pleasant in its place , in this case brooks bestrewn with leaves in autumn. As it happens, the simile is ...
Herman Rapaport, 2011
8
The cultural context of medieval learning: proceedings of ...
He makes this clear throughout the Sermons; a good example occurs when he allegorizes the lovers' bed bestrewn with flowers in the Song of Songs. The bed, he says, does not symbolize the passive life. Nor does it indicate that it suffices to  ...
J.E. Murdoch, E.D. Sylla, 1975
9
Valmiki-Ramayana(www.islam.co.cc)
vidyudbhiH+iva+vikSiptaiH= flashes of lightning, as though, bestrewn; aakaasham+ abhavat+tadaa= sky, became, then; paaNDuraiH+salila+ut+piiDaiH = whitish, water's upward, pressure born [=froth]; kiiryamaaNaiH+sahasradhaa= being ...
IslamKotob, Valmiki Ramayana
10
Chambers concise dictionary
[Early 19c] bestrewn >adj, esp formal or literary said of a surface: littered or covered loosely «a beach bestrewn with shells. [19c: from Anglo-Saxon bestreowian to strew] bestride /bi'straid/ > v (past tense bestrode, past participle bestridden, ...
Ian Brookes, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BESTREWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bestrewn is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The write stuff: Silma Hill by Iain Maloney
Upon entering a home of squalor, of fetid stench and decay, of broken furniture and bestrewn floors, he knew there lived the damned. «Scotsman, Jul 15»
2
Channing Tatum, Magic Mike XXL's Movie Star, Poses for Annie …
Rather than destroy the old facility, they simply left it, removing the animals but leaving the paths and cages, empty habitats weed-bestrewn. It remains as an ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
3
Wimbledon 2015: Day 2 Scorchers
Tuesday wins into the second round were bestrewn with heatstroke and dehydration but evidently THIS show must go on in the very proper and flawless British ... «Eye on Gaming, Jul 15»
4
La Perla offers US$3000 bra with goose feathers
At the same runway show, La Perla also showcased a matching sleeveless hoodie bestrewn with same feathers that will add US$17,000 to the ... «Malay Mail Online, Jun 15»
5
Following in the tracks of Paterson archeologist Max Schrabisch
Perpendicular cliffs, torn and cleft by the upheavals of Nature, tower above the lower portion of the hill, which in turn is bestrewn with cyclopean ... «Paterson Times, May 15»
6
Playback: Austin's Revamped Record Convention: The Austin …
Inside a humongous storage shed in the Hill Country west of Austin, Doug Hanners assesses his inventory. The cement floor is bestrewn with ... «Austin Chronicle, May 15»
7
Snow surprise as we try all-new Q7
By the time we drove the 53km of narrow, twisty, hairpin-bestrewn but superbly engineered mountain road from the Sion valley to Verbier ... «Independent Online, May 15»
8
The Met Gala: A Red Carpet Review
That was the exception, however, rather than the rule — as were the rare straight-from-the-catwalk looks: Poppy Delevingne in poppy-bestrewn ... «New York Times, May 15»
9
Chelsea have cruised to the Premier League title thanks to a …
While many managers' offices are bestrewn with copies of newspapers, FourFourTwo or Esquire, Mourinho's first-floor rooms are a picture of ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
10
Alcatel Onetouch Idol 3 unboxing and first impressions
... a device running vanilla Android, while the rest of the software experience is bestrewn with Alcatel's flat and bright design enhancements. «Android Authority, Apr 15»

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