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The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.
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Meaning of "strewn" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF STREWN

strewn  [struːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STREWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Strewn is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES STREWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Strewn Winery

Strewn Winery is a small winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1997 by winemaker Joe Will and his wife, food writer Jane Langdon. The winery produces a selection of VQA certified wines using grapes grown in its own vineyard as well as other vineyards in the Niagara Peninsula. Strewn uses Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Riesling, Chardonnay, Sauvignon blanc, Gewürztraminer, Pinot blanc and Vidal grapes. In addition to traditional wines, they also produce sweeter late harvest and ice wines. Wines are produced under three different labels. Their very best wines are labelled Strewn Terroir, including their red Strewn Three meritage. Their general wines are simply labelled Strewn.

Definition of strewn in the English dictionary

The definition of strewn in the dictionary is strewn with sth scattered with something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STREWN


bestrewn
bɪˈstruːn
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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STREWN

stretcher case
stretcher party
stretcher-bearer
stretchier
stretchiest
stretchiness
stretching
stretchless
stretchmarks
stretchy
Stretford
stretta
stretti
stretto
streusel
strew
strewage
strewer
strewment
strewth

WORDS THAT END LIKE STREWN

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 strewn in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «STREWN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «strewn» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of strewn

Translation of «strewn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STREWN

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

Translator English - Chinese

散落的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sembrado de
570 millions of speakers

English

strewn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिखरे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ومنثور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

усыпанной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cheio de coisas espalhadas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আকীর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

recouvert
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berselerak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

übersät mit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

散乱している
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

~으로 어질러진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Strewn
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rải rác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரவியிருக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Strewn
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Strewn
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

disseminato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Strewn
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

посипаної
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

presărată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκορπισμένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

strooi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Strewn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Strewn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of strewn

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STREWN»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STREWN» OVER TIME

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

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8 QUOTES WITH «STREWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word strewn.
1
J Allard
Having wires strewn across your couch and across the floor is a big deal to a lot of people.
2
Walter Bagehot
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
3
Jamie Cullum
In my bachelor days, I had a small upright piano in my kitchen. It cost £10 from eBay plus £70 delivery. It was because I'd seen an old photo of Tom Waits - with dirty dishes, empty bottles, a hot plate, a coffee machine and a piano strewn with lyric sheets - and fallen in love with it.
4
Immanuel Kant
Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
5
Arthur Koestler
The progress of science is strewn, like an ancient desert trail, with the bleached skeleton of discarded theories which once seemed to possess eternal life.
6
Peter McWilliams
The road to positivity is strewn with the abandoned vehicles of the faint-hearted.
7
Si Robertson
I'm always just carrying a Tupperware cup, ever since my mom went to a Tupperware party and got 'em. I've left them strewn all over the U.S. and Europe. I drink iced tea out of them.
8
Ralph W. Sockman
The roads of life are strewn with the wreckage of run-down and half-finished loves.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STREWN»

Discover the use of strewn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to strewn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites
Strewn. Field. When a large meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere it very quickly breaks into pieces as a result of abrupt changes in atmospheric pressure, especially if it has been fractured in the past. When mete- oroids fall together we call it a ...
O. Richard Norton, Lawrence Chitwood, 2008
2
Cobwebbed and Spider Strewn: Pagan Poetry for Women
Whether she is restless and wandering trying to rediscover herself or wrapped up so tight in the mundane world that she forgets who she is, Cobwebbed and Spider Strewn is a road map for coming home.
Turtleheart, Kerry Meireis, 2001
3
Accretion of Extraterrestrial Matter Throughout Earth’s History
Since then, numerous suggestions and educated guesses have been made regarding the location of the possible source craters for the tektite strewn fields. Relatively reliable links between craters and tektite strewn fields have been ...
Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Birger Schmitz, 2001
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Conjugaison des verbes anglais irreguliers
Present présent Present continuous présent continu Present perfect passé composé  I strew  I am strewing  Ihave strewn  You strew  He strews  You are strewing  He is strewing  You have strewn  He has strewn  We strew ...
pierre elemento
5
The Chesapeake Bay Crater: Geology and Geophysics of a Late ...
Aside from the Chicxulub multiring basin, the Chesapeake Bay and Popigai impact structures have produced the best documented, most widespread ejecta strewn fields yet identified (hemispheric to global distribution; see discussion in ...
Wylie Poag, Christian Koeberl, 2004
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Impact Stratigraphy: The Italian Record
So far, tektite occurrences are known from four geographically extended strewn fields (Fig. 2.4.1.1): the North American, Central European (moldavite), Ivory Coast, and Australasian strewn fields (Barnes 1963a; O'Keefe 1963). Tektites found ...
Alessandro Montanari, Christian Koeberl, 2000
7
Impact Markers in the Stratigraphic Record
Tektites are currently known to occur in four strewn fields of Cenozoic age on the surface of the Earth. Strewn fields can be defined as geographically extended areas over which tektite material is found. The four strewn fields are: the North ...
Christian Koeberl, Francisca C. Martínez-Ruiz, 2003
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Tektites in the Geological Record: Showers of Glass from the Sky
This text commences with the history of tektites, from mediaeval China, through finds in Czechoslovakia in the 18th century and Darwin's description while on the Beagle, to 20th-century finds in South East Asia, the Ivory Coast and the USA.
Gerald Joseph Home McCall, 2001
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Asteroids, Comets, and Meteorites: Cosmic Invaders of the Earth
Figure 117 The distribution of tektites in major strewn fields around the world. ful mechanism, such as a massive volcanic eruption or a large meteorite impact. However, terrestrial volcanoes appear to be much too weak to pro- duce the ...
Jon Erickson, 2009
10
Canadian Wine for Dummies
The Strewn winery is a perfect example of what to do with an old cannery. Joe Will and his wife, Jane Langdon, have worked magic with the renovations that encompass not only the winery, but also Jane's cooking school and their own home.
Tony Aspler, Barbara Leslie, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STREWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term strewn is used in the context of the following news items.
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Strewn with shipwrecks: The Baltic Sea
It wouldn't be the first: the Baltic Sea is strewn with shipwrecks. People walking on Baltic Sea beach. The Baltic Sea is a graveyard of ships that have sunk over ... «Deutsche Welle, Jul 15»
2
'French Fries Strewn About' Hollywood Casino Led to Joliet …
A Joliet woman was severely injured when she fell on “french fries strewn about the gaming room floor at the Hollywood Casino,” according to a lawsuit filed in ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
3
Bodies of ducks 'strewn across allotment' after dogs set on them
PC Adrian Berryman said: "This is a horrific attack on 14 defenceless ducks and for the owner to have found the ducks strewn across the allotment must have ... «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
4
Trash strewn on streets piles on citizens' woes
In several areas of the city such as Bhaskar Colony, Wagle Estate, Samata Nagar, Mumbra and certain parts of Kalwa, garbage is strewn across the streets. «Times of India, Jul 15»
5
Glastonbury 2015: Shocking scenes of rubbish left strewn across …
The revellers have left Glastonbury, leaving acres of plastic bottles, beer cans and sheets of unwanted tarpaulin strewn across the festival site in their wake. «The Independent, Jun 15»
6
Aadhar cards found strewn in field, postman suspended
VADODARA: The unexplained delay in about 38 persons in and around Ghansarvav village in Halol taluka of Panchmahal district getting their Aadhar cards got ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
7
Offal strewn across SH1, north of Rakaia
Emergency services were called to the incident about 5pm after reports that a truck "lost a load of offal" that was strewn across State Highway 1 near the ... «The Press, Jun 15»
8
Appleby left strewn with debris from mattresses to toilet rolls after …
The previously pristine paddocks have been left litter strewn and with lumps torn out of the grass while portable toilets lie on their side next to ripped up tents. «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
9
Fenced-off land by Fort Amherst strewn with garbage
Reg Smith has been trying to find out who is responsible for a fenced-off section of land by the wharf on Fort Amherst Road in St. John's that is strewn with ... «The Telegram, May 15»
10
Barbarians claim spoils against Ireland in error-strewn affair
Ultimately, this was an eminently forgettable, ragbag, error-strewn match in which few players had the opportunity to cover themselves in glory, and few did. «Irish Times, May 15»

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