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straw

 
Adjective straw has 1 sense
  1. straw - of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored
    Antonym:
    achromatic (indirect, via chromatic)
Noun straw has 4 senses
  1. straw - plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
    --1 is a kind of
    plant fiber, plant fibre
    --1 is a substance of padding, cushioning
    Derived form: verb straw1
  2. chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble - material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
    --2 is a kind of plant material
    --2 has particulars: bran
  3. pale yellow, straw - a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white
    --3 is a kind of yellow, yellowness
  4. straw, drinking straw - a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth
    --4 is a kind of tube, tubing
Verb straw has 2 senses
  1. straw - cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
    --1 is one way to
    cover
    Derived form: noun straw1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. strew, straw - spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
    --2 is one way to spread, distribute
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
strauss the younger stravage strave stravinskian stravinsky stravinskyan stravros straw-floored straw straw boss straw foxglove straw haired straw hat straw man straw mushroom straw poll straw that broke the camel s back

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