A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
A championship belt, or by extension, the title.
An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with one put and two call options on the same security at the same strike price, similar to but more bullish than a straddle.
The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
Synonym of strapline
A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
A strap worn on the shoulder.
To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
To fasten or bind with a strap.
To sharpen by rubbing on a strap; to strop.
A piece of such material; a thread or slender rod of metal, a cable.
Any of the system of wires used to operate the puppets in a puppet show; hence, the network of hidden influences controlling the action of a person or organization; strings.
A knitting needle.
Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
A telecommunication wire or cable.
An electric telegraph; a telegram.
A hidden listening device on the person of an undercover operative for the purposes of obtaining incriminating spoken evidence.
A fence made of usually barbed wire.
A deadline or critical endpoint.
A metal conductor that carries electricity.
A finish line of a racetrack.
A wire strung with beads and hung horizontally above or near the table which is used to keep score.
The slender shaft of the plumage of certain birds.
A covert signal sent between people cheating in a card game.
To send a message or monetary funds to another person through a telecommunications system, formerly predominantly by telegraph.
To place (a ball) so that the wire of a wicket prevents a successful shot.
To fasten with wire, especially with reference to wine bottles, corks, or fencing.
To set or predetermine (someone's personality or behaviour, or an organization's culture) in a particular way.
To string on a wire.
To add (something) into a system (especially an electrical system) by means of wiring.
To snare by means of a wire or wires.
To install eavesdropping equipment.
To make someone tense or psyched up. See also adjective wired.
To connect, involve or embed (something) deeply or intimately into (something else, such as an organization or political scene), so that it is plugged in (to that thing) (“keeping up with current information about (the thing)”) or has insinuated itself into (the thing).
To add or connect (something) into a system as if with wires (for example, with nerves).
To equip with wires for use with electricity.