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Meaning of "short straw" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHORT STRAW

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHORT STRAW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Short straw is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHORT STRAW

short of
short order
short pastry
short radius
short ream
short score
short seller
short selling
short sharp shock
short sharp shock treatment
short shrift
short sight
short ski method
short story
short story writer
short subject
short time
short ton
short trousers
short wave

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHORT STRAW

a drowning man will clutch at a straw
bedstraw
bendy straw
cheese straw
draw the short straw
drinking straw
jackstraw
lady´s bedstraw
last straw
man of straw
straw
the last straw
windlestraw

Synonyms and antonyms of short straw in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «short straw» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHORT STRAW

Find out the translation of short straw to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of short straw from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «short straw» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

短稻草
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paja corta
570 millions of speakers

English

short straw
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कम पुआल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القش القصير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

короткая соломы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

palha curta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোট খড়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

courte paille
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jerami pendek
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kurzstroh
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

貧乏くじ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

짧은 빨대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cekak cekak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rơm ngắn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறுகிய வைக்கோல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहान पेंढा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kısa hasır
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

paglia corta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krótki słomy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коротка соломи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

paie scurt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σύντομη άχυρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kort strooi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kortaste strået
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kort halm
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of short straw

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHORT STRAW»

The term «short straw» is regularly used and occupies the 81.412 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHORT STRAW» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about short straw

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHORT STRAW»

Discover the use of short straw in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to short straw and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Short-Straw Bride (The Archer Brothers Book #1)
Set in the1880's in Texas, the characters are as real as any in life today. There is loyalty, gentleness, humor, love, anger, greediness and stubbornness yet this story is inspirational and fun to enjoy.
Karen Witemeyer, 2012
2
Short Straw
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR STUART WOODS CONTINUES WHAT HE STARTED IN SANTA FE RULES: Stuart Woods delivers a compulsively readable novel of crosses and double-crosses, featuring a shrewd criminal lawyer and his shamelessly sexy wife ...
Stuart Woods, 2007
3
Short Straw Bride (Mills & Boon Vintage 90s Historical)
ONE OF THEM WOULD HAVE TO MARRY The McLain brothers were fed up and tired - tired of the hunger in their cowboy-sized stomachs, tired of dingy curtains and dirty dishes.
Dallas Schulze, 2012
4
Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology
... lengths of short straw attached and therefore no cereal sheaves are produced, as there would be with uprooting or cutting low on the straw (Hillman 1984b: 119) . If the straw is to be used as fuel, stored fodder, or building material later on, ...
Paul T. Nicholson, Ian Shaw, 2000
5
Free to Be Insane
The nuns decided to conduct a short straw lottery among all the people whose names had been drawn out of the hat. The person who picked the short straw would be the winner. Katie would be the last person to pick from the handful of straws.
Kathie Rodkey, 2009
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Catalyst
He was sitting with the short straw in his hand and he was whining about it. He knew he had to get over it, but, just once, he wished he wouldn't draw the short straw. Just once James wanted to sit there and see the look on their faces and ...
John Evans, 2009
7
Stealing the Preacher
With her signature blend of humor, history, and lively western romance, two-time RITA Award finalist and bestselling author Karen Witemeyer delivers a Texas love story sure to steal your heart.
Karen Witemeyer, 2013
8
Technologies for Rainfed Agriculture in Mediterranean ...
Short straw and poor palatability is a main reason for farmer resistance to " modern varieties" that often have shorter and stiffer straws. While short straw may be valuable to prevent "lodging" in higher rainfall ecological zones where farmers use ...
Peter Oram, C. de Haan, 1995
9
Practical Entomologist
Cover the inside of the short straw with a small piece of fine netting so that you don't accidentally suck insects into your mouth. Attach one end of the rubber tubing to the other end of the short straw, seal with silicone caulk, and you're ready for ...
Rick Imes, 1992
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An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and ...
With articles of the straw kind the usual method is this : the substances after being well moistened with water, are drawn out in handsful perfectly straight and even, into regular lengths, and the short straw separated from them, leaving them ...
John Claudius Loudon, 1825

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHORT STRAW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term short straw is used in the context of the following news items.
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Finnish entrepreneurs draw short straw when it comes to pensions
Finland's centre-right government says it supports entrepreneurs, and it encourages the growing numbers of Finns who can't find salaried work to bravely start ... «YLE News, Jul 15»
2
Prince Charles and Camilla attend an Island Fair on the Iscles of Scilly
Camilla drew the short straw on the royal tour of the West Country today as she was left handling a lobster while Prince Charles greeted a mother and baby. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
3
Young Man's View: Short Straw For Long Island
#The plight of the people of Long Island seems to have been lost on the powers that be as this gem in our archipelagic chain continues to languish in the ... «Bahamas Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Delhaize Investors Pull Short Straw as Merger Terms Favor Ahold
The pairing of Royal Ahold NV and Delhaize Group was no Dutch treat for Delhaize's shareholders, as Ahold investors look to be the winners in a deal analysts ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
5
Shortstraw, Mole set to rock the garden
The popular Old Mutual Music in the Gardens concert series drew the short straw for this weekend's line-up, but that's a great thing for music lovers. Shortstraw ... «Independent Online, Jun 15»
6
Rivals Ulster and Munster wind up drawing short straw
One could question Munster's game management in opting for a short, contestable restart after Jackson had belatedly opened Ulster's account with a penalty, ... «Irish Times, May 15»
7
Drawing the short straw: Taller people are at lower risk of heart …
The shorter you are, the higher your risk of coronary heart disease, it has been claimed. Researchers say every 2.5 inches change in your height affected your ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
8
The Short Straw of Men's Fashion
Fashion companies are constantly introducing new products and designs to keep up with modern trends. However, most fashion companies still build their ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
9
Yahoo's Small-Business Unit Draws Short Straw in Alibaba Spinoff
For some Yahoo YHOO -2.61% employees, this year is playing out like a plotline from the NBC sitcom, “The Office.” The company told employees last week that ... «Wall Street Journal, Feb 15»
10
Bengals dealt "short straw" on the schedule
"We really got dealt a short straw with the Monday night game around Christmas week, because we could have done what you do most of the time, and that's let ... «Cincy Jungle, Dec 14»

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