A surname transferred from the nickname.

present participle of straw

Having a particular kind of straw. / Covered with straw.

plural of strawful

Enough to fill a drinking straw.

(countable) A dried stalk of a cereal plant.

Made of straw. / Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw. / (figuratively) Imaginary, but presented as real.

To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost. / (obsolete, slang) To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.

(slang, archaic) Confined to bed because of pregnancy.

plural of straw