'Straw' definitions:
Definition of 'straw'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
noun
Plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
noun
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble]
noun
A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white [syn: pale yellow, straw, wheat]
noun
A thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth [syn: straw, drinking straw]
verb
Cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
verb
Spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" [syn: strew, straw]
Definition of 'Straw'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Straw'
From: GCIDE
- Straw \Straw\, n. [OE. straw, stre, stree, AS. stre['a]w, from the root of E. strew; akin to OFries. str[=e], D. stroo, G. stroh, OHG. str[=o], Icel. str[=a], Dan. straa, Sw. str[*a]. [root]166. See Strew.]
- 1. A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle. [1913 Webster]
- I set not a straw by thy dreamings. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Straw is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, straw-built, straw-crowned, straw-roofed, straw-stuffed, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- Man of straw, an effigy formed by stuffing the garments of a man with straw; hence, a fictitious person; an irresponsible person; a puppet. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Straw'
From: Easton
- Straw Used in brick-making (Ex. 5:7-18). Used figuratively in Job 41:27; Isa. 11:7; 25:10; 65:25.