Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain. / (Caribbean) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.

To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

(intransitive) To gradually melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften from frozen / (intransitive) To become so warm as to melt ice and snow — said in reference to the weather, and used impersonally.

The melting of ice, snow, or other frozen or congealed matter; the transformation of ice or the like into the state of a fluid; liquefaction by heat of anything congealed by frost

(colloquial, idiomatic) Used with a comparative to express extreme heat or cold.

Showing appreciation or gratitude. / (obsolete) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

(idiomatic) Usually; more than half the time; more likely to be the case than not to be the case.

An often informal vote to thank some chairman or other officer of an organization for the work he has done on the organization's behalf, and sometimes ending with the presentation of a gift.

(informal, idiomatic) Everything else related to something; other similar things.

That is the way things happen; that's life.