vt to spread or scatter. ·see strew, and strow.
2. straw ·noun anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.
3. straw ·noun the gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, ·etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
4. straw ·noun a stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, ·etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.