Straw

English Meaning

To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.

1. Stalks of threshed grain, used as bedding and food for animals, for thatching, and for weaving or braiding, as into baskets.
2. A single stalk of threshed grain.
3. Something, such as a hat or basket, made of straw.
4. A slender tube used for sucking up a liquid.
5. Something of minimal value or importance.
6. Something with too little substance to provide support in a crisis: Near the end we were grasping at straws.
7. Of, relating to, or made of straw: a straw mat.
8. Containing or used for straw, as a barn or feeding trough.
9. Of the color of straw; yellowish.
10. Having little or no value or substance; unimportant.
11. Of, relating to, or constituting a straw man.
12. final The final annoyance or setback, which even though minor makes one lose patience.
13. straw in the wind A slight hint of something to come.