Definition
Meaning of 'straw'
Meaning of 'straw' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Straw 
[ 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. [ n.]- The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
- Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
2. Straw [ v. t.]
- To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow. [ v. t.]Meaning of 'straw' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. straw [ v]
[ v]Meaning (1):
- cover or provide with or as if with straw
- cover or provide with or as if with straw
Example in sentence:
- cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm
Meaning (2):
- spread by scattering (
- spread by scattering (
Example in sentence:
- straw;
- strew toys all over the carpet
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