meaning of straw
1. To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.
2. A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc. , especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.
3. The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc. ; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
4. Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
5. a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth
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