strap - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'strap' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Strap

[ n.]

- A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.
- Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.
- A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.
- A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
- A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
- A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
- The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
- The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
- A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.

2 . Strap

[ v. t.]

- To beat or chastise with a strap.
- To fasten or bind with a strap.
- To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.

Meaning of 'strap' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . strap

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- sharpen with a strap

Example in sentence:

strap a razor

Meaning (2):
- beat severely with a whip or rod

Example in sentence:

The children were severely trounced;
The teacher often flogged the students

Nearby Words:

strabism strabismometer strabismus strabotomy straddle straddled straddling stradometrical straggle straggled

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