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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Straw \Straw\, verb (used with an object) To spread or scatter. See {Strew}, and {Strow}. --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Straw \Straw\, noun [OE. straw, stre, stree, AS. stre['a]w, from the root of E. strew; akin to OFries. str[=e], D. stroo, G. stroh, OHG. str[=o], Icel. str[=a], Dan. straa, Sw. str[*a]. [root]166. See {Strew}.]
1. A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.
2. The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
3. Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
I set not a straw by thy dreamings. --Chaucer.
Note: Straw is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, straw-built, straw-crowned, straw-roofed, straw-stuffed, and the like.
{Man of straw}, an effigy formed by stuffing the garments of a man with straw; hence, a fictitious person; an irresponsible person; a puppet.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adjective
1: of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
noun
1: plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
2: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: {chaff}, {husk}, {shuck}, {stalk}, {straw}, {stubble}]
3: a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white [syn: {pale yellow}, {straw}, {wheat}]
4: a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth [syn: {straw}, {drinking straw}]
verb
1: cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
2: spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet" [syn: {strew}, {straw}]
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