straw

adj. of or pertaining to straw, made from dried threshed grain stalks; containing straw; pale yellow, straw-like in color; worthless, unimportant

n. dry threshed grain stalks (used for bedding, animal fodder, basket weaving, etc.); single stalk of grain; hollow slender tube used to suck up liquids; something of little importance

Straw is an agricultural byproduct, the dry of a cereal plant, after the nutrient grain or seed has been removed. Straw makes up about half of the yield of a cereal crop such as barley, oats, rice, rye or wheat. In times gone by, it was regarded as a useful by-product of the harvest, but with the advent of the combine harvester, straw has become more of a burden, almost a nuisance to farmers.
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Noun
1. plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
(hypernym) plant fiber, plant fibre
(substance-holonym) padding, cushioning
2. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
(synonym) chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, stubble
(hypernym) plant material
(hyponym) bran
3. a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white
(synonym) pale yellow
(hypernym) yellow, yellowness
4. a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth
(synonym) drinking straw
(hypernym) tube, tubing
Verb
1. cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
(hypernym) cover
2. spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
(synonym) strew
(hypernym) spread, distribute
(hyponym) bestrew
Adjective
1. of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored
(similar) chromatic

(v. t.)
To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.
  

(n.)
The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
  

(n.)
Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
  

(n.)
A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.
  

If you dream of straw, your life is threatened with emptiness and failure.

To see straw piles burning, is a signal of prosperous times.

To feed straw to stock, foretells that you will make poor provisions for those depending upon you.