Found 4 items, similar to straw.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: straw
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: straw
jerami
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: straw
straw
adj : of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored
straw
v 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
n 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,
stubble]
3: a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white [syn:
pale yellow]
4: a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the
mouth [syn:
drinking straw]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Straw
Straw
\Straw\, v. t.
To spread or scatter. See
Strew, and
Strow. --Chaucer.
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Straw
\Straw\, n. [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.
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2. The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of
grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
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3. Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing;
a mere trifle.
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I set not a straw by thy dreamings. --Chaucer.
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Note: Straw is often used in the formation of self-explaining
compounds; as, straw-built, straw-crowned,
straw-roofed, straw-stuffed, and the like.
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Man of straw, an effigy formed by stuffing the garments of
a man with straw; hence, a fictitious person; an
irresponsible person; a puppet.
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