strop
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Synonyms & Antonyms for strop
Synonyms: Verb
edge, grind, hone, sharpen, stone, whet
Antonyms: Verb
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Examples of strop in a Sentence
Verb
at the museum they showed us how men used to strop razors with leather bands before the days of disposable bladesRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
To remove the burr, use a leather strop, one of rubberized cork or softwood with a polishing compound on its surface. — Josh Donald, Popular Mechanics, "The Right Way to Sharpen Kitchen Knives," 17 Nov. 2017 Lay the knife over the strop’s face and draw it backward. — Josh Donald, Popular Mechanics, "The Right Way to Sharpen Kitchen Knives," 17 Nov. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves. — National Geographic, "Jane Goodall’s original tale of chimpanzees still astonishes today," 17 Apr. 2019 There’s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor. — New York Times, "Struggling to Love, Work and Do the Right Thing in Putin’s Russia," 9 July 2018 Sometimes a leafy twig is selected, and before this can be used the chimpanzee has to strop off the leaves. — National Geographic, "Jane Goodall’s original tale of chimpanzees still astonishes today," 17 Apr. 2019 There’s little thunder, no off-piste mental excursions, no sense of a writer stropping his razor. — New York Times, "Struggling to Love, Work and Do the Right Thing in Putin’s Russia," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'strop.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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