to spread or scatter. see strew, and strow.-a stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease.-the gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw.-anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle.