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straw
noun
1 the parts of cereal crops that remain after threshing, which may be ploughed back into the soil, burned as stubble or used as litter or feedstuff for animals, for thatching and weaving into hats, baskets, etc.
2 a single stalk of dried grass or cereal crop.
3 a thin hollow tube for sucking up a drink.
4 anything that has little or no value.
5 a pale yellow colour.
as adjective a straw boater .
[Anglo-Saxon streaw ]
strawlike adjective .
clutch or grasp at straws to resort to an alternative option, remedy, etc in desperation, even although it is unlikely to succeed.
draw straws to decide on something by the chance picking of straws, one of which is significantly longer or shorter than the rest.
draw, get, pick, etc the short straw to be the person chosen to carry out an unpleasant task, etc.
the last straw see separate entry.
a straw in the wind a tantalizing hint or indication of something.
noun
1 the parts of cereal crops that remain after threshing, which may be ploughed back into the soil, burned as stubble or used as litter or feedstuff for animals, for thatching and weaving into hats, baskets, etc.
2 a single stalk of dried grass or cereal crop.
3 a thin hollow tube for sucking up a drink.
4 anything that has little or no value.
5 a pale yellow colour.
as adjective a straw boater .
[Anglo-Saxon streaw ]
strawlike adjective .
clutch or grasp at straws to resort to an alternative option, remedy, etc in desperation, even although it is unlikely to succeed.
draw straws to decide on something by the chance picking of straws, one of which is significantly longer or shorter than the rest.
draw, get, pick, etc the short straw to be the person chosen to carry out an unpleasant task, etc.
the last straw see separate entry.
a straw in the wind a tantalizing hint or indication of something.
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