STROP (stropped, stropping)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: stropped    , stropping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does strop mean? 

• STROP (noun)
  The noun STROP has 1 sense:

1. a leather strap used to sharpen razors

  Familiarity information: STROP used as a noun is very rare.

• STROP (verb)
  The verb STROP has 1 sense:

1. sharpen on a strop

  Familiarity information: STROP used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STROP (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)

• STROP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they strop    ... he / she / it strops   
Past simple: stropped   
Past participle: stropped   
-ing form: stropping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sharpen on a strop

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

strop razors

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)