Definition of Straw

1. Adjective. Of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored.

Similar to: Chromatic

2. Verb. Cover or provide with or as if with straw. "Cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
Generic synonyms: Cover

3. Noun. Plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder.
Substance meronyms: Cushioning, Padding
Generic synonyms: Plant Fiber, Plant Fibre

4. Verb. Spread by scattering (. "They straw papers over the floor"; "Strew toys all over the carpet"
Exact synonyms: Strew
Specialized synonyms: Bestrew, Litter
Generic synonyms: Distribute, Spread
Derivative terms: Strewing

5. Noun. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
Exact synonyms: Chaff, Husk, Shuck, Stalk, Stubble
Specialized synonyms: Bran
Generic synonyms: Plant Material, Plant Substance
Derivative terms: Chaffy, Husk, Shuck

6. Noun. A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white.
Exact synonyms: Pale Yellow, Wheat
Generic synonyms: Yellow, Yellowness

7. Noun. A thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth.
Exact synonyms: Drinking Straw
Generic synonyms: Tube, Tubing

Definition of Straw

1. v. t. To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.

2. n. A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.

Definition of Straw

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English) ¹

2. Noun. A dried stalk of a cereal plant. ¹

3. Noun. Such dried stalks considered collectively. ¹

4. Noun. A drinking straw. ¹

5. Noun. a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw. ¹

6. Adjective. Made of straw. ¹

7. Adjective. Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Straw

1. to cover with straw (stalks of threshed grain) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Straw

straucht
strauchts
straught
straughts
straunge
stravage
stravaged
stravages
stravaging
stravaig
stravaige
stravaiged
stravaiges
stravaiging
stravaigs
straw (current term)
straw-colored
straw boss
straw bosses
straw donor
straw foxglove
straw hat
straw hats
straw man
straw men
straw mushroom
straw mushrooms
straw nail
straw nails
straw poll

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