strap
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3.2
- noun
- /stræp/
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asidero
- Mary clung to the overhead strap and felt her handbag bump against her thigh as the car picked up more momentum.
Examples
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She reached for the strap on the overhead rail to keep herself from falling in the crowded train.
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Stomach still scurrying with fear, I hung onto an overhead strap, wedged upright by the bodies all around me.
Fiction book (1997) -
As usual, there was no place to sit down, but she did find an empty overhead strap to hang onto.
Fiction book (1993) -
Keep your hands in the straps and hold on tight.
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My cousin and I held on to the straps and the poles.
Fiction book (2002) -
As the bus swayed, many passengers held onto a strap hanging from the ceiling to stay balanced.
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During the commute, he grasped a strap to steady himself as the train took a sharp turn.
Compounds
A fern with narrow, strap-like leaves that grows from Florida to Argentina
- Specialized
A fern with long flat pale green leaves that grows on trees or the ground in warm, wet places
How Stable
Surface Forms
Etymology
Strap originally named any loop or hanging band you could grab, like a little 'handle' on a bag. That's why the word now refers to the leather or plastic loops passengers hold on buses and trains.