"straws" in the noun sense
1. straw
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
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
3. pale yellow, straw, wheat
a variable yellow tint dull yellow, often diluted with white
4. straw, drinking straw
a thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouth
"straws" in the verb sense
1. straw
cover or provide with or as if with straw
"cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
2. strew, straw
spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic
"strew toys all over the carpet"
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