nnoun.substanceplant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodderDerivationally Related Form:straw
Substance Holonyms:cushioning padding
Hypernyms:plant fiber plant fibre
Inherited Hypernyms:strawplant fibernatural fiberfibermaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:strawplant fibernatural fiberfibermaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:strawplant fiberplant productplant materialmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:strawplant fiberplant productplant materialmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.substancematerial consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seedsSynset:chaff husk shuck stalk stubble
Derivationally Related Form:chaffyhuskshuck
Hypernyms:plant material plant substance
Inherited Hypernyms:chaffplant materialmaterialsubstancematterphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:chaffplant materialmaterialsubstancepartrelationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bran
nnoun.attributea variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with whiteSynset:pale yellow wheat
Derivationally Related Form:straw
Hypernyms:yellow yellowness
Inherited Hypernyms:pale yellowyellowchromatic colorcolorvisual propertypropertyattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.artifacta thin paper or plastic tube used to suck liquids into the mouthSynset:drinking straw
Hypernyms:tube tubing
Inherited Hypernyms:strawtubeconduitpassagewayartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.contactcover or provide with or as if with strawExamples:- cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm
Derivationally Related Form:straw
Hypernyms:cover
Inherited Hypernyms:strawcover
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactspread by scattering ("straw" is archaic)Synset:strew
Examples:- strew toys all over the carpet
Derivationally Related Form:strewing
Hypernyms:distribute spread
Inherited Hypernyms:strewspread
Direct Hyponyms:bestrewlitter
Full Troponyms:bestrewlitter
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something PP | They --- papers over the floor (apply to: strew)
adj satadj.allof a pale yellow color like straw; straw-coloredAntonyms:achromatic
Derivationally Related Form:straw
Inherited Hypernyms:straw
Similar to:chromatic