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Strawing
- verb - cover or provide with or as if with straw; "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"
- spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic); "strew toys all over the carpet"
Strawman
- noun - a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
Strawmen
- noun - a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
- a weak or sham argument set up to be easily refuted
- an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds
Strayers
- noun - someone who strays or falls behind
Straying
- verb - lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
- unable to find your way; "found the straying sheep"
- wander from a direct course or at random; "The child strayed from the path and her parents lost sight of her"; "don't drift from the set course"