0 to lie covering a surface, or to cover a surface with things that are far apart and in no particular arrangement: --
All the discrepancies which bestrew ordinary life are absent.
Torn banners, a crown and other trophies of victorious generalship, bestrew the ground.
His clothes were scattered around the room, and mateless shoes bestrewed the floor.
Bestrew it, too, with a chopped anchovy or two, or more, if you are fond of anchovies.
The trees looked mournful, with their yellow leaves bestrewing the ground.
The trees bestrew the ground or have disappeared, torn away, their stumps mangled.
No large dark areas like the diaphragm exist there, but the smaller patches of blue-green which bestrew them proved to be similarly meshed.
She would have bestrewn the whole earth with the words of her son, and she looked into the doctor's face with eyes ready to beg.
