Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Straw \Straw\, v. t.
   To spread or scatter. See {Strew}, and {Strow}. --Chaucer.

Straw \Straw\, n. [OE. straw, stre, stree, AS. stre['a]w, from
   the root of E. strew; akin to OFries. str[=e], D. stroo, G.
   stroh, OHG. str[=o], Icel. str[=a], Dan. straa, Sw. str[*a].
   [root]166. See {Strew}.]
   1. A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc.,
      especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of
      buckwheat, beans, and pease.

   2. The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of
      grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.

   3. Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing;
      a mere trifle.

            I set not a straw by thy dreamings.   --Chaucer.

   Note: Straw is often used in the formation of self-explaining
         compounds; as, straw-built, straw-crowned,
         straw-roofed, straw-stuffed, and the like.

   {Man of straw}, an effigy formed by stuffing the garments of
      a man with straw; hence, a fictitious person; an
      irresponsible person; a puppet.

Source : WordNet®

straw
     adj : of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored

straw
     v 1: cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were
          strawed to weather the snowstorm"
     2: spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all
        over the carpet" [syn: {strew}]

straw
     n 1: plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as
          fodder
     2: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of
        stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
        [syn: {chaff}, {husk}, {shuck}, {stalk}, {stubble}]
     3: a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white [syn: {pale yellow}]
     4: a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the
        mouth [syn: {drinking straw}]