Download the app
educalingo
stropping

Meaning of "stropping" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF STROPPING

stropping


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STROPPING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Stropping is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb stropping in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STROPPING

PRESENT

Present
I strop
you strop
he/she/it strops
we strop
you strop
they strop
Present continuous
I am stropping
you are stropping
he/she/it is stropping
we are stropping
you are stropping
they are stropping
Present perfect
I have stropped
you have stropped
he/she/it has stropped
we have stropped
you have stropped
they have stropped
Present perfect continuous
I have been stropping
you have been stropping
he/she/it has been stropping
we have been stropping
you have been stropping
they have been stropping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I stropped
you stropped
he/she/it stropped
we stropped
you stropped
they stropped
Past continuous
I was stropping
you were stropping
he/she/it was stropping
we were stropping
you were stropping
they were stropping
Past perfect
I had stropped
you had stropped
he/she/it had stropped
we had stropped
you had stropped
they had stropped
Past perfect continuous
I had been stropping
you had been stropping
he/she/it had been stropping
we had been stropping
you had been stropping
they had been stropping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will strop
you will strop
he/she/it will strop
we will strop
you will strop
they will strop
Future continuous
I will be stropping
you will be stropping
he/she/it will be stropping
we will be stropping
you will be stropping
they will be stropping
Future perfect
I will have stropped
you will have stropped
he/she/it will have stropped
we will have stropped
you will have stropped
they will have stropped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been stropping
you will have been stropping
he/she/it will have been stropping
we will have been stropping
you will have been stropping
they will have been stropping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would stropping
you would stropping
he/she/it would stropping
we would stropping
you would stropping
they would stropping
Conditional continuous
I would be stropping
you would be stropping
he/she/it would be stropping
we would be stropping
you would be stropping
they would be stropping
Conditional perfect
I would have stropping
you would have stropping
he/she/it would have stropping
we would have stropping
you would have stropping
they would have stropping
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been stropping
you would have been stropping
he/she/it would have been stropping
we would have been stropping
you would have been stropping
they would have been stropping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you strop
we let´s strop
you strop
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to strop
Past participle
stropped
Present Participle
stropping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STROPPING

strop · strophanthin · strophanthus · strophe · strophic · strophical · strophiolate · strophiole · strophoid · strophuli · strophulus · stropped · stropper · stroppier · stroppiest · stroppily · stroppiness · stroppy · stroud · strouding

WORDS THAT END LIKE STROPPING

camping · clipping · dripping · dropping · flipping · home shopping · hopping · mapping · overlapping · popping · propping · shipping · shopping · stepping · stopping · stripping · swapping · tapping · tipping · topping · wrapping

Synonyms and antonyms of stropping in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «stropping» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF STROPPING

Find out the translation of stropping to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of stropping from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stropping» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

荡刀
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

afilar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

stropping
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

stropping
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

stropping
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

stropping
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

stropping
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

stropping
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

planage
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Stropping
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Abziehen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

stropping
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

stropping
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Stropping
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

stropping
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

stropping
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

पळवाट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

çekme düzeltme
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

raddrizzatura
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

wyrównywania
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

stropping
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

redresare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λουρί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skerpmaak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stropping
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stropping
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stropping

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STROPPING»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of stropping
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «stropping».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stropping

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STROPPING»

Discover the use of stropping in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stropping and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Blaze: A Novel
The inkwells were filled with Carter's Ink. Spilled ink got you a stropping in the washroom. Black heel- marks on the yellow floor got you a stropping. Fooling in class got you a stropping, only class fooling was called Bad Deportment.
Richard Bachman, 2007
2
Mechi's catalogue of cutlery, etc
In turning; the Razor In stropping, bn sure to keep the baclt down on the Strop, changing at the same time the position of your hand and arm, both of which much act freely as high as the elbow. A cramped hand does not answer for stropping a .
J. J. Mechi, 1800
3
Keeping your razor sharp
EDGE OF NEW SAFETY-RAZOR AS IT APPEARS BEFORE USING STROP SHOULD NOT BE HELD TAUT WHEN STROPPING EITHER STRAIGHT RAZOR OR SAFETY RAZOR OF TYPE SHOWN 'T'HE edge of your razor blade is one of the ...
4
Medical Laboratory Science : Theory And Practice
Some models of the semi-automatic sharpening machines also have facilities for stropping. In the fully automatic honing machines the knife is fitted into a holder attached to the main spindle and allows the cutting edge to be in contact with the  ...
Ochei Et Al, 2000
5
Popular Mechanics
365 SHAVES WITHOUT STROPPING A shave every day in the year for less than two cents a week, with the wonderful double- edged wafer blades of the Gillette Safety Razor. One million satisfied users prove the supremacy of the Gillette, ...
6
Milady's Standard Professional Barbering
Know... The direction of the razor's edge used in stropping is the reverse of the direction used in honing. 1 Stropping may also be performed from the chair to the hand. Be guided by your state barber board rules and instructor. 126 PART 2 The  ...
Milady, 2010
7
Milady's Standard Professional Barbering.
Know... The direction of the razor's edge used in stropping is the reverse of the direction used in honing. 1 Stropping may also be performed from the chair to the hand. Be guided by your state barber board rules and instructor. 126 PART 2 The  ...
Maura T. Scali-Sheahan
8
Histophatologic Techniques
Precautions Observed in Stropping: The knife should always be wiped clean with a soft cloth before and after a series of stropping strokes and before changing from a coarse to a fine strop to remove particles which may have been taken off ...
Bruce-Gregorios, Jocelyn
9
The Wonder of Knifemaking
A few extremely light-pressures passes on a fine stone would have made the razor edge even sharper. It is very easy to lose the sharp cutting angle at the edge when trying to get the wire edge off by buffing or stropping. If you like to finish an ...
Wayne Goddard, 2011
10
Sharpening Made Easy: A Primer on Sharpening Knives and ...
Stropping. The final step to a mirror finish is to use a strop charged with a fine abrasive. This will improve the edge beyond where the finest stone or hone leaves off. The strop can be made of a variety of materials including cardboard and cloth, ...
Steve Bottorff, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STROPPING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stropping is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Should the Church of England refer to God as a woman?
"What would it mean if we could talk about God as 'Her' without sniggering or stropping, but as evenly as we talk about God as 'Him'?" asked Reverend Lindsay ... «The Week UK, Jun 15»
2
That FULL Davina McCall interview: I wear sexy lingerie to keep my …
It's happening already, you're already stropping about the airport'.” We are here to talk about her new series of Long Lost Family, the ITV show that reunites ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
3
The 2015 Corvette Z06 Convertible: Aero Meets Eros
... is about all that is possible outside a racetrack—and the Z06 roars and crackles, all Nascar-y, bright, metallic, the stropping of God's razorblades. It's especially ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
4
Ayew's championship dreams destroyed
Marseille began splitting at the seams after falling behind, with Alaixys Romao lambasting the referee at every opportunity and Florian Thauvin stropping when ... «GhanaWeb, Apr 15»
5
Ask An Adult: How Can I Argue Constructively, Without Stropping Or …
Arguing, debating, heated discussion; call it what you will, unless you're one of those people who thrive on having a good bust-up, they aren't great experiences. «The Debrief, Mar 15»
6
Tonnes of slate stolen from remote building site
Information is also being sought after a gang raided a village church and stropping it of lead. Thieves struck the mausoleum at St Michael's Church in Lowther, ... «News & Star, Dec 14»
7
How To Sharpen Any Knife
Stropping: The key to hair-popping sharpness and a step most people miss. It's also designed to remove any burr or false wire-edge (basically a straight, ... «Gizmodo Australia, Oct 14»
8
Meet the man on the cutting edge of kitchen knives
He gently grinds the knife on a whetstone, then rubs it slowly and tenderly down a strip of leather, a process known as stropping, to smooth it. What about the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
9
How Much Should You Really Spend on a Razor?
Patented in 1904by King Gillette, founder of the eponymous modern company, the safety razor is a razor “where the necessity of honing or stropping the blade is ... «Yahoo News Canada, Aug 14»
10
All That Newfangled Shaving Gear Can't Compare to the Old …
Patented in 1904 by King Gillette, founder of the eponymous modern company, the safety razor is a razor “where the necessity of honing or stropping the blade ... «Wired, Aug 14»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Stropping [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/stropping>. Jun 2026 ».
Download the educalingo app
EN