Definition of straw

• v. t. - To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow.
• n. - A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.
• n. - The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.
• n. - Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.