a strip of leather, fabric or other material that is used to fasten sth, keep sth in place, carry sth or hold onto sth:
the shoulder straps of her dress * a watch with a leather strap
verb (-pp-) [VN]
1 [+adv./prep.] to fasten sb/sth in place using a strap or straps:
He strapped the knife to his leg. * Everything had to be strapped down to stop it from sliding around. * Are you strapped in (= wearing a seat belt in a car, plane, etc.)?
2 ~ sth (up) to wrap strips of material around a wound or an injured part of the body:
I have to keep my leg strapped up for six weeks.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for strap is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is strap a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, strap is tagged as noun.
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