Straw | Mean of straw in English Dictionary

/ˈstrɑː/

• Noun
• the dry stems of wheat and other grain plants
1. a bed/pile of straw
2. a straw hat/mat
• a single dry stem of a grain plant
1. He was chewing on a straw.
• a thin tube used for sucking up a drink
1. He asked for a straw for his iced tea.
2. She drank the juice through a straw.

• to try to solve a problem by doing things that probably will not help
1. I asked her for a loan. I didn't think she'd agree, but at that point I was grasping at straws.
• a sign of what might come in the future
1. A few straws in the wind—such as increased tourism and shopping—suggest that the economy is improving.
• the last in a series of bad things that happen to make someone very upset, angry, etc.
1. It had been a difficult week, so when the car broke down, it was the last straw.