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strip
1[ strip ]
verb (used with object)
- to deprive of covering:
Strip the peel off that orange.
Synonyms: decorticate, peel, uncover
- to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked:
They stripped him and gave him new clothes befitting his station.
Synonyms: denude
- to take away or remove:
I need to strip the sheets from the bed and wash them.
- to deprive or divest:
The lightning stripped the tree of its bark.
The organization will strip him of all privileges.
- to clear out or empty:
Thieves may strip a house of all its contents.
- to deprive of equipment; dismantle:
If we strip the ship of rigging, we can repair it.
- to dispossess, rob, or plunder:
The highwaymen stripped the man of his possessions.
Synonyms: despoil
- to remove varnish, paint, wax, or the like from:
The wood should be stripped and then refinished.
- to separate the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco).
- to remove the midrib, as from tobacco leaves.
- Machinery. to break off the thread of (a screw, bolt, etc.) or the teeth of (a gear), as by applying too much force.
- to remove the mold from (an ingot).
- to draw the last milk from (a cow), especially by a stroking and compressing movement.
- to draw out (milk) in this manner.
- Photoengraving. to remove (the emulsion from a film base) in order to place it on a glass plate for exposure to the metal plate.
- Textiles.
- to clean (a carding roller) by removing waste fibers.
- to transfer (fibers) from one carding roller to another.
- to remove (color) from a cloth or yarn in order to redye it another color.
- to remove color from (a cloth or yarn).
- Bridge. to lead successively winning cards from (a hand) in order to dispose of as many cards as necessary preparatory to surrendering the lead to an opponent so that any card the opponent plays will be to their disadvantage.
- Mining. to strip-mine.
- Chemistry. to remove the most volatile components from, as by distillation or evaporation.
- Finance. to split (a bond) for selling separately as a principal certificate and as interest coupons.
- Surgery. to remove (a vein) by pulling it inside out through a small incision, using a long, hooked instrument.
verb (used without object)
- to strip something:
They do not contain harsh detergents, such as sulfates, that can irritate, strip or dehydrate.
When dealing with furniture stain, I always strip as gently as possible.
- to remove one's clothes.
- to perform a striptease.
- to become stripped:
Bananas strip easily.
noun
- a striptease.
strip
2[ strip ]
noun
- a narrow piece, comparatively long and usually of uniform width:
a strip of cloth, metal, land, etc.
- a continuous series of drawings or pictures illustrating incidents, conversation, etc., as a comic strip.
- Aeronautics.
- Philately. three or more stamps joined either in a horizontal or vertical row.
- Informal. striplight.
- (sometimes initial capital letter) a road, street, or avenue, usually in a city or a main thoroughfare between outlying suburbs, densely lined on both sides by a large variety of retail stores, gas stations, restaurants, bars, etc.:
Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.
verb (used with object)
- to cut, tear, or form into strips.
- Printing. to combine (a piece of film) with another, especially for making a combination plate of lines and halftones.
- to broadcast (a television series) in multiple related segments, as daily from Monday through Friday.
strip
1/ strɪp /
noun
- a relatively long, flat, narrow piece of something
- See airstripshort for airstrip
- philately a horizontal or vertical row of three or more unseparated postage stamps
- the clothes worn by the members of a team, esp a football team
- See strapcommerce a triple option on a security or commodity consisting of one call option and two put options at the same price and for the same period Compare strap
- See dosing stripshort for dosing strip
- tear someone off a strip informal.tear someone off a strip to rebuke (someone) angrily
verb
- to cut or divide into strips
strip
2/ strɪp /
verb
- to take or pull (the covering, clothes, etc) off (oneself, another person, or thing)
to strip a bed
to strip a wall
- intr
- to remove all one's clothes
- to perform a striptease
- tr to denude or empty completely
- tr to deprive
he was stripped of his pride
- tr to rob or plunder
- tr to remove (paint, varnish, etc) from (a surface, furniture, etc) by sanding, with a solvent, etc
stripped pine
- Alsopluck tr to pull out the old coat of hair from (dogs of certain long- and wire-haired breeds)
- to remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, etc)
- to separate the two sides of a leaf from the stem of (tobacco, etc)
- tr agriculture to draw the last milk from each of the teats of (a cow)
- to dismantle (an engine, mechanism, etc)
- to tear off or break (the thread) from (a screw, bolt, etc) or (the teeth) from (a gear)
- often foll by down to remove the accessories from (a motor vehicle)
his car was stripped down
- to remove (the most volatile constituent) from (a mixture of liquids) by boiling, evaporation, or distillation
- printing usually foll by in to combine (pieces of film or paper) to form a composite sheet from which a plate can be made
- tr (in freight transport) to unpack (a container) See also stuffing and stripping
noun
- the act or an instance of undressing or of performing a striptease
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Example Sentences
They then would expect the Senate to strip that amendment and compromise simply on keeping government open for 60 days.
“You can cut my hair, you can bald me, you can strip me naked and take away my dignity,” she said.
“I went to a Jewish summer camp…” A van pulls up, and the two hop out, and immediately strip down and do a series of stretches.
Zied suggests popping a breath strip, sucking on a strong mint, or reapplying your lip gloss.
Next door, a strip mall popped and hissed as unknown accelerants aided in its fiery destruction.
He returned to the vestibule with the strip folded and somewhat crumpled in his hand.
She telegraphed to her servants to strip her house of its summer shroud, and returned early on the day of his choice.
After breakfast he sauntered along the brief strip of asphalt which the villagers believe to be a promenade.
Take a millstone and grind meal: uncover thy shame, strip thy shoulder, make bare thy legs, pass over the rivers.
Then with the aid of rattan nooses they drew it up on the shore, and with their sharp knives proceeded to strip away the skin.
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