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# strapping

«strapping» in Mova's school dictionary: **big, strong and healthy-looking, usually of a tall young…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (strapping; used before a noun)

### meaning for a pupil

Strapping means big, strong and healthy-looking, usually of a tall young person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strapping/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

describes big, strong heroes or brothers in tales; a sturdy, fine-looking person

### examples

- The two elder brothers were strapping fellows. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strapping/#x1)
- She was a strapping girl who could lift the sack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strapping/#x2)
- A strapping young farmer came to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strapping/#x3)
- The strapping prince fought the bear. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/strapping/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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