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Meanings of strap in English

Russian
строп
Portuguese
correia
Spanish
correa
Catalan
corretja
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Strip of flexible material, especially leather, used for fastening or holding things together.

        строп
        Portuguese
        chicotear
        Catalan
        assotar

        Beat severely with a whip or rod.

            chicotear
            Portuguese
            alcinha
            Catalan
            corretja

            A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag.

                  alcinha
                  Catalan
                  assegurar
                  Spanish
                  asegurar

                  Tie with a strap.

                        assegurar
                        Usage of strap in English
                        1
                        The strap is tightened to a point of providing pressure without pain.
                        Wired
                        2
                        I try to unlatch my safety strap and it won't come off.
                        Edge of Infinity
                        3
                        We used to fuck around like that: Try a longer strap, John.
                        Life
                        4
                        The single-strap closure and inner sock lining allowed for a great fit.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        5
                        The man in the strap-chair obeyed the instruction with an absorbed attention.
                        Operation: Outer Space
                        6
                        A second, larger box is suspended from her shoulder by a strap.
                        Pandaemonium
                        7
                        The strap really glistened in the twilight like a signal of distress.
                        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
                        8
                        The Captain of the gun also shortens the strap of his haversack.
                        Ordnance Instructions for the United States Navy. / 1866. Fourth...
                        9
                        A pistol was holstered on his right hip, the safety strap off.
                        Burning bright
                        10
                        Should you need to do so, you can remove the strap entirely.
                        Wired
                        11
                        The strap which ran under the belly was called the belly girt.
                        Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States...
                        12
                        The girth's broken; I'll have to make another hole in the strap.
                        A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill
                        13
                        After hanging on to a strap, he said to a young woman.
                        The new yorker
                        14
                        His nervous system, so to speak, extended itself into the metal strap.
                        The Sirens of Titan
                        15
                        She at once laid hold of the strap to open the window.
                        Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
                        16
                        This encouragement gave Oppie his second wind and he loosened another strap.
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                        Common
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