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strop
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun strop has 1 sense
- strop(n = noun.artifact) Array - a leather strap used to sharpen razors; Array is a kind of sharpener, strap
Derived form verb strop1
Verb strop has 1 sense
- strop(v = verb.contact) Array - sharpen on a strop; "strop razors" is one way to sharpen
Derived form noun strop1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
strop, v. t.
To draw over, or rub upon, a strop with a view to sharpen; as, to strop a razor. [1913 Webster]
strop, n. [Cf. F. estrope, étrope, fr. L. struppus. See Strop a strap.].
A piece of rope spliced into a circular wreath, and put round a block for hanging it. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
strop, n. & v.
--n.
1 a device, esp. a strip of leather, for sharpening razors.
2 Naut. a collar of leather or spliced rope or iron used for handling cargo.
--v.tr. (stropped, stropping) sharpen on or with a strop.
--n.
1 a device, esp. a strip of leather, for sharpening razors.
2 Naut. a collar of leather or spliced rope or iron used for handling cargo.
--v.tr. (stropped, stropping) sharpen on or with a strop.
Etymology
ME f. MDu., MLG strop, OHG strupf, WG f. L stroppus
THESAURUS
strop
Mystik tape, Scotch tape, aculeate, acuminate, adhesive tape, band, bandage, barb, batten, belt, cellophane tape, cloth tape, cuspidate, edge, fascia, file, fillet, friction tape, girdle, grind, hone, lath, ligula, ligule, list, masking tape, oilstone, plank, plastic tape, point, reset, ribband, ribbon, set, sharpen, shred, slat, slip, spiculate, spill, spline, spur, strake, strap, strip, taenia, tape, tape measure, tapeline, taper, ticker tape, whetROGET THESAURUS
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Sharpness
N sharpness, acuity, acumination, spinosity, point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum, needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin, prick, prickle, spur, rowel, barb, spit, cusp, horn, antler, snag, tag thorn, bristle, Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca, nib, tooth, tusk, spoke, cog, ratchet, crag, crest, arete, cone peak, sugar loaf, pike, aiguille, spire, pyramid, steeple, beard, chevaux de frise, porcupine, hedgehog, brier, bramble, thistle, comb, awn, beggar's lice, bur, burr, catchweed, cleavers, clivers, goose, grass, hairif, hariff, flax comb, hackle, hatchel, heckle, wedge, knife edge, cutting edge, blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor, scalpel, bistoury, lancet, plowshare, coulter, colter, hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill, billhook, cleaver, cutter, scythe, sickle, scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter, sword, bodkin, belduque, bowie knife, paring knife, bushwhacker, drawing knife, drawing shave, microtome, chisel, screwdriver blade, flint blade, guillotine, sharpener, hone, strop, grindstone, whetstone, novaculite, steel, emery, sharp, keen, acute, acicular, aciform, aculeated, acuminated, pointed, tapering, conical, pyramidal, mucronate, mucronated, spindle shaped, needle shaped, spiked, spiky, ensiform, peaked, salient, cusped, cuspidate, cuspidated, cornute, cornuted, cornicultate, prickly, spiny, spinous, spicular, thorny, bristling, muricated, pectinated, studded, thistly, briary, craggy, snaggy, digitated, two-edged, fusiform, dentiform, denticulated, toothed, odontoid, starlike, stellated, stelliform, sagittate, sagittiform, arrowheaded, arrowy, barbed, spurred, acinaciform, apiculate, apiculated, aristate, awned, awny, bearded, calamiform, cone-shaped, coniform, crestate, echinate, gladiate, lanceolate, lanciform, awl, awl-shaped, lance-shaped, awl- shaped, scimitar-shaped, sword-shaped, setarious, spinuliferous, subulate, tetrahedral, xiphoid, cutting, sharp edged, knife edged, sharp as a razor, keen as a razor, sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack, sharpened, set.VB be sharp, taper to a point, bristle with, render sharp, sharpen, point, aculeate, whet, barb, spiculate, set, strop, grind, chip (flint), cut.
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