Straw
31straw — see you cannot make bricks without straw a drowning man will clutch at a straw it is the last straw that breaks the camel’s back straws tell which way the wind blows …
32straw — Used by the Israelites enslaved in Egypt for binding mud bricks, but to make conditions harder for the slaves [[➝ slavery]], straw was later withheld (Exod. 5:7–18). Straw was also valuable as fodder (1 Kgs. 4:28) and the chaff (husks) was… …
33straw — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. hay, fodder, silage. Straws and strawlike fibers include: oat, wheat, barley, rye, rice, buckwheat, bean, pea, buri, jipijapa, jute, raffia, palm, palmetto; see also hay . • grasp at straws or [m1]• a straw*, Syn. panic,… …
34straw — [OE] Straw is etymologically something ‘strewn’ on the floor. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *strāwam (source also of German stroh, Dutch stroo, Swedish strå, and Danish straa). This was formed from the same base as produced strew… …
35straw — [OE] Straw is etymologically something ‘strewn’ on the floor. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *strāwam (source also of German stroh, Dutch stroo, Swedish strå, and Danish straa). This was formed from the same base as produced strew… …
36straw — Synonyms and related words: a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, adjutage, afterglow, afterimage, air, anthrophore, aureate, auric, axis, bagatelle, balance, barley, bauble, bean, beige, bestrew, bibelot, bird seed, bit, bole, bran,… …
37straw — [strɔː] noun 1) [U] the yellow stems of dried crops such as wheat. It is given to animals to sleep on. 2) [C] a long thin tube that you use for drinking • the last/final straw the last of a series of bad events that makes you decide to try to… …
38straw — Mau u malo o. Drinking straw, mea omo. To draw straws, koho lā au …
39straw — šiaudelis statusas Aprobuotas sritis talpyklės, uždoriai, vartojimo įtaisai apibrėžtis Tuščiaviduris vamzdelis, kurį sudaro viena čiulpiamojo vaistinio preparato dozė. atitikmenys: angl. straw vok. Trinkhalm pranc. paille šaltinis Standard Terms… …
40Straw Dogs (1971 film) — Straw Dogs Theatrical release poster Directed by Sam Peckinpah Produced by …
