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 →

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 →
• Pull the drawstring to close the bag. tree →
• My shorts have a drawstring waist. tree →
• The drawstring came out of my hood. tree →
• Tie the drawstring so your trousers stay up. tree →
• Long drawstrings can catch on slides. tree →
• She tightened the drawstring on her hood in the wind. tree →
• Thread the drawstring back with a safety pin. tree →

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.
• When you get off, you make sure bag straps, drawstrings and loose clothes do not catch on the handrail or door.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «drawstring» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.