straw

Definitions

1. A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
   countable
2. A dried stalk of a cereal plant
3. A surname transferred from the nickname.
4. Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
   uncountable
5. Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions
6. A drinking straw.
   countable
7. A drinking straw
8. A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
   countable, uncommon, uncountable
9. A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw
10. Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
11. Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing
12. A straw owner.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

59 more languages

العربيةتبنستروقشقشة+ 1 more

Azərbaycan diliçöpsaman

Беларускаясалома

Българскислама

বাংলাখড়

བོད་སྐད།སོག་མ

BosanskiČoplastoRomšamanslamaslamkaсламасламка+ 5 more

Catalàpalla

Češtinabrčkoslámaslaměnýslámka+ 1 more

Cymraeggwelltgwelltyn

Danskhalmstrå

Ελληνικάάχυρο

Esperantopajlapajlo

Eestikõrs

Euskaralasto

فارسیکاهنی

Suomioljenkeltainenoljenkorsioljenvaaleaolkiolki-olkinenpahnapilli+ 5 more

Gaeilgecochánfadógsifíntuí+ 1 more

Gàidhligsràbh

Galegopalla

עבריתקשתבן

हिन्दीतिनकातृणपरालपरालीपुआल+ 2 more

HrvatskiČoplastoRomšamanslamaslamkaсламасламка+ 5 more

Magyarszalmaszalmasárga

Հայերենծղոտծղոտե

Bahasa Indonesiajeramikuning jerami

Íslenskastrá

Italianofestucapagliapagliuzza

日本語わらわら色稈藁藁色+ 2 more

ქართულიჩალა

ភាសាខ្មែរចំបើង

한국어秸藁빨대짚+ 1 more

KurdîçopfetûRomsamansifîn+ 2 more

Latinaavenacalamusculmusfestucapaleastipulastramentum+ 4 more

LëtzebuergeschStréi

ລາວເຟືອງ

Latviešusalmi

Македонскисламасламенсламка

മലയാളംകച്ചിൽവയ്ക്കോൽ

Монголдэрс

Bahasa Melayujerami

မြန်မာကောက်ရိုး

Nederlandsstro

Polskisłomasłomianysłomka

Portuguêspalha

Românăpai

Русскийсоломасоломенныйсоло́минасоломинка+ 1 more

Slovenčinaslama

SlovenščinaSlama

Shqipkashtë

СрпскиČoplastoRomšamanslamaslamkaсламасламка+ 5 more

Svenskahalmhalmstråstrå

ไทยฟาง

Türkmençeşaman

Tagalogdayamimunti

Türkçebalyahasırşaman

ئۇيغۇرچەسامان

Українськасоломасоломинасоломинка

Tiếng Việtròmtranh

Examples

“to not care a straw”

to not care at all

“‘For thy sword and thy bow I care not a straw, Nor all thine arrows to boot; If I get⟳ a knop upon thy bare scop, Thou canst as well shite as shoote.’”

“He also decided, which was more to his purpose, that Eleanor did not care a straw for him, and that very probably she did care a straw for his rival.”

“To be deeply interested in the accidents of our existence, to enjoy⟳ keenly the mixed texture of human experience⟳, rather leads a man to disregard precautions, and risk⟳ his neck against a straw.”

“The Bromfield Street offices were housed in a dilapidated but heavily-insured building, owned by a straw for a wealthy downtown real estate developer, surrounded by expensive new commercial developments, and in a city renowned for arson-for-profit.”

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