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# drawstring

«drawstring» in Mova's school dictionary: **a cord threaded through the top of a bag or the waist or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a drawstring, drawstrings)

### meaning for a pupil

A drawstring is a cord threaded through the top of a bag or the waist or hood of clothes, which you pull to make it tighter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawstring/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life PE bags, swimming bags, tracksuit bottoms and hoodies often have drawstrings. In school children carry a drawstring PE bag. In safety advice, long drawstrings on hoods can catch on playground equipment or bus doors, so they should be short or removed for young children. Phrases: «drawstring bag», «pull the drawstring», «drawstring waist».

### examples

- I keep my PE kit in a drawstring bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawstring/#x1)
- Pull the drawstring to close the bag. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawstring/#x2)
- My shorts have a drawstring waist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawstring/#x3)
- The drawstring came out of my hood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawstring/#x4)
- Tie the drawstring so your trousers stay up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawstring/#x5)
- Long drawstrings can catch on slides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawstring/#x6)
- She tightened the drawstring on her hood in the wind. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawstring/#x7)
- Thread the drawstring back with a safety pin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawstring/#x8)

### note

Countable, one word: draw (pull) + string. Here «draw» means «pull», not «make a picture». Safety: hood drawstrings can catch and pull at the neck — tuck them in or remove them.

### In the corpora

- [Cords, drawstrings and scarves on clothes can catch on playground equipment and pull tight around your neck.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/4-climbing/14/)
- [When you get off, you make sure bag straps, drawstrings and loose clothes do not catch on the handrail or door.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «drawstring» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drawstring/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.