ALL meanings of straw
straw
S s - idioms straw draw straws, to decide by lottery using straws or strawlike items of different lengths, usually with the short straw or straws determining the person chosen or the loser. 1
- noun straw stalk of cereal plant 1
- noun straw animal fodder: dried cereal 1
- noun straw thin tube for drinking 1
- adjective straw yellow in colour 1
- noun straw material for baskets 1
- noun straw a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley. 1
- noun straw a mass of such stalks, especially after drying and threshing, used as fodder. 1
- noun straw material, fibers, etc., made from such stalks, as used for making hats or baskets. 1
- noun straw the negligible value of one such stalk; trifle; least bit: not to care a straw. 1
- noun straw a tube, usually of paper or glass, for sucking up a beverage from a container: to sip lemonade through a straw. 1
- noun straw anything of possible but dubious help in a desperate circumstance. 1
- noun straw straw man (def 2). 1
- noun straw a straw hat. 1
- adjective straw of, pertaining to, containing, or made of straw: a straw hat. 1
- adjective straw of the color of straw; pale yellow. 1
- adjective straw of little value or consequence; worthless. 1
- adjective straw sham; fictitious. 1
- idioms straw catch / clutch / grasp at a straw / straws / any straw(s), to seize at any chance, no matter how slight, of saving oneself from calamity. 1
- uncountable noun straw Straw consists of the dried, yellowish stalks from crops such as wheat or barley. 0
- countable noun straw A straw is a thin tube of paper or plastic, which you use to suck a drink into your mouth. 0
- noun straw stalks of threshed grain, esp of wheat, rye, oats, or barley, used in plaiting hats, baskets, etc, or as fodder 0
- noun straw (as modifier) 0
- noun straw a single dry or ripened stalk, esp of a grass 0
- noun straw a long thin hollow paper or plastic tube or stem of a plant, used for sucking up liquids into the mouth 0
- noun straw anything of little value or importance 0
- noun straw a measure or remedy that one turns to in desperation (esp in the phrases clutch or grasp at a straw or straws) 0
- noun straw a pale yellow colour 0
- noun straw (as adjective) 0
- adjective straw having little value or substance 0
- noun straw Jack, full name John Whitaker Straw. born 1946, British Labour politician; Home Secretary (1997–2001); Foreign Secretary (2001–06); Lord Chancellor (2007–10) 0
- noun straw hollow stalks or stems of grain after threshing, collectively: used for fodder, for bedding, for making hats, etc. 0
- noun straw a single one of such stalks 0
- noun straw such a stalk or, now esp., a tube of waxed paper, plastic, etc., used for sucking beverages 0
- noun straw something, as a hat, made of straw 0
- noun straw something of little or no value; worthless trifle 0
- noun straw straw man (sense 4) 0
- noun straw see last straw 0
- adjective straw straw-colored; yellowish 0
- adjective straw made of straw 0
- adjective straw of little or no value or significance; worthless; meaningless 0