Sekirov Dictionary

straw

/stɹɔː/

noun6

  1. the dry yellow remains of cut wheat, spread for animals to lie on or given to them to eat
  2. A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
  3. A drinking straw.
  4. (figurative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
  5. A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
  6. A straw owner.

adjective3

  1. Made of straw.
  2. Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
  3. (figurative) Imaginary, but presented as real.

verb3

  1. To scatter or to spread loosely.
  2. To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
  3. (slang, no longer used) To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
forms

strawed · strawing · straws

Phrases with straw

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