What's the difference between rusher and strew?

Rusher


Definition:

  • (n.) One who rushes.
  • (n.) One who strewed rushes on the floor at dances.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) New York need pass rushers and while LSU's Barkevious Mingo has greater experience, Ansah's raw skillset may appeal.
  • (2) Brown, who played nine seasons with Cleveland between 1957 and 1965 and retired as the NFL’s all-time leading rusher, revealed he hadn’t voted for Trump, but said: ‘We couldn’t have had a better meeting.” He continued: “The graciousness, the intelligence, the reception we got was fantastic.
  • (3) The name Death Valley was bestowed in 1849 by a band of lost California-bound gold rushers, one of whom did actually die while trying to cross it.
  • (4) I’m a little surprised by this pick – the Browns have greater need in the secondary than they do on the defensive line, in my opinion, but it just goes to show the premium placed on pass rushers in a pass-happy league.
  • (5) Drew Brees somehow escapes from a collapsing pocket, emerging unscathed from a mob of at least three pass rushers who had converged upon him to pitch a short pass over the middle that Marques Colston takes for 15 yards.
  • (6) But it is what it is, and I just wish you guys would see me as ‘Michael Sam the football player’, instead of ‘Michael Sam the gay football player’.” Sam’s wish was granted on a few occasions over the course of his 12-minute press conference, reporters asking whether he would be comfortable converting to play as a linebacker in the pros – “I’m a pass rusher, so if you put me in a situation to get the quarterback, I’m going to get the quarterback” – and what areas he had been focusing on in training – “everything from my 40[-yard dash] to the vertical jump” – but inevitably conversation returned most often to his announcement.
  • (7) Right now they have issues on defense, including the lack of a Von Miller , a fierce pass rusher whose absence will mean the Broncos have to blitz more, leaving them more vulnerable in the backfield.
  • (8) • ‘Dropping dead is my retirement’: the gold rushers of Williston – in pictures
  • (9) The Jags are prime candidates to trade down, but if they don't receive a good enough offer they will likely go with a pass rusher here instead – and postpone their quarterback search to rounds two or three (where, after all, Wilson was found last year).
  • (10) But he was my top pass rusher on the board, and I think he’ll do just fine – as long as the Dolphins draw up the right schemes to take advantage of his remarkable speed off the edge.
  • (11) I had the Jags taking a pass rusher – which they also desperately need – and there will be a lot of fans pulling their hair out about the quarterback situation, but there simply isn’t a QB out there worthy of this pick.
  • (12) Coming off a 10-sack season and career year, Mark Anderson was added to be the other pass rusher on the outside.

Strew


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.
  • (v. t.) To cover more or less thickly by scattering something over or upon; to cover, or lie upon, by having been scattered; as, they strewed the ground with leaves; leaves strewed the ground.
  • (v. t.) To spread abroad; to disseminate.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Strew with oregano and thyme leaves and drizzle with the pan juices.
  • (2) There is a further problem strewed across the path of repeal.
  • (3) Ester + Matt describe their fictional city as 'one part country, two parts awesome and everything about who they are' " – Green Wedding Shoes ignores the fact that most problems at a reception centre around in-law controversy and inappropriate best man behaviour, rather than how to strew bunting around your favourite converted barn.
  • (4) 8.05pm BST I didn't have time to bake but I have got a table strew with shop-bought treats and a dab of flour on my nose for authenticity.

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