straw: význam a definície

Stalks of threshed grain, used as bedding and food for animals, for thatching, and for weaving or braiding, as into baskets.

A single stalk of threshed grain.

Something, such as a hat or basket, made of straw.

A slender tube used for sucking up a liquid.

Something of minimal value or importance.

Something with too little substance to provide support in a crisis: Near the end we were grasping at straws.

Of, relating to, or made of straw: a straw mat.

Containing or used for straw, as a barn or feeding trough.

Of the color of straw; yellowish.

Having little or no value or substance; unimportant.

Of, relating to, or constituting a straw man.

final The final annoyance or setback, which even though minor makes one lose patience.

straw in the wind A slight hint of something to come.