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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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'straw' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . straw [ v]
Meaning (1):
- cover or provide with or as if with straw
Example in sentence:
  • cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm
Meaning (2):
- spread by scattering (
Example in sentence:
  • straw;
  • strew toys all over the carpet

Nearby Words:

strabism strabismometer strabismus strabotomy straddle straddled straddling stradometrical straggle straggled

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