<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.</li><li>A mass of such stalks, especially after drying and threshing, used as fodder.</li><li>Material, fibers, etc., made from such stalks, as used for making hats or baskets.</li><li>The negligible value of one such stalk; trifle; least bit: not to care a straw.</li><li>A tube, usually of paper or glass, for sucking up a beverage from a container: to sip lemonade through a straw.</li><li>Anything of possible but dubious help in a desperate circumstance.</li><li>A straw man (def 2).</li><li>A straw hat.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of, pertaining to, containing, or made of straw: a straw hat.</li><li>Of the color of straw; pale yellow.</li><li>Of little value or consequence; worthless.</li><li>Sham; fictitious.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To cover with or as with straw.</li></ul>