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STROP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: stropped    , stropping   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A leather strap used to sharpen razors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("strop" is a kind of...):

sharpener (any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper)

strap (an elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position)

Derivation:

strop (sharpen on a strop)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sharpen on a strop

Example:

strop razors

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "strop" is one way to...):

sharpen (make sharp or sharper)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

strop (a leather strap used to sharpen razors)

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