Word Meanings - STRAWY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. Shak.

Related words: (words related to STRAWY)

• STRAW-CUTTER
  An instrument to cut straw for fodder.
• STRAWED
  imp. & p. p. of Straw.
• STRAW
  To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow. Chaucer.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• STRAWBOARD
  Pasteboard made of pulp of straw.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• STRAW-COLORED
  Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• STRAWWORM
  A caddice worm.
• STRAWY
  Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. Shak.
• STRAWBERRY
  A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the
• RESEMBLE
  sembler to seem, resemble, fr. L. similare, simulare, to imitate, fr. 1. To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.
• RESEMBLABLE
  Admitting of being compared; like. Gower.
• RESEMBLER
  One who resembles.
• RESEMBLANCE
  1. The quality or state of resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden. 2. That which resembles, or is similar; a representation; a likeness.
• JACKSTRAW
  1. An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence, a man without property or influence. Milton. 2. One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together
• OVERSTRAW
  To overstrew. Shak.
• WINDLESTRAE; WINDLESTRAW
  A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis. Shelley.
• BEDSTRAW
  A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems, whorled leaves, and small white flowers. Our Lady's bedstraw, which has yellow flowers, is Galium verum. -- White bedstraw is G. mollugo. (more info) 1. Straw put into a bed. Bacon.
• APPERTAIN
  To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. Things appertaining to this life. Hooker. Give it unto him to whom it appertaineth. Lev. vi. 5. (more info) appartenir, fr. L. appertinere; ad + pertinere to reach