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Definition of Straw

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

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

3. Noun. Plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder.

4. Verb. Spread by scattering (. "They straw papers over the floor"; "Strew toys all over the carpet"

5. Noun. Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.

6. Noun. A variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white.

7. Noun. A thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth.

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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