verb (used with object),stripped or stript,strip·ping.
to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind.
to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked.
to take away or remove: to strip sheets from the bed.
to deprive or divest: to strip a tree of its bark; to strip him of all privileges.
to clear out or empty: to strip a house of its contents.
to deprive of equipment; dismantle: to strip a ship of rigging.
to dispossess, rob, or plunder: to strip a man of his possessions.
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 his or her 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),stripped or stript,strip·ping.
to strip something.
to remove one's clothes.
to perform a striptease.
to become stripped: Bananas strip easily.
noun
a striptease.
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Origin of strip
1
First recorded in 1175–1225; (verb) Middle English strippe, unattested Old English stryppan (compare Middle High German strupfen “to strip off”); replacing Middle English stripen, strepen, strupen (compare Old English bestrȳpan “to rob, plunder”)
SYNONYMS FOR strip
1 uncover, peel, decorticate.
2 denude.
7 despoil.
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ANTONYMS FOR strip
6 supply, furnish.
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synonym study for strip
7. Strip,deprive,dispossess,divest imply more or less forcibly taking something away from someone. To strip is to take something completely (often violently) from a person or thing so as to leave in a destitute or powerless state: to strip a man of all his property; to strip the bark from a tree. To deprive is to take away forcibly or coercively what one has, or to withhold what one might have: to deprive workers of their livelihood. To dispossess is to deprive of the holding or use of something: to dispossess the renters of a house.Divest usually means depriving of rights, privileges, powers, or the like: to divest a king of authority.
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.
an airstrip; runway.
landing strip.
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.
strip steak.
drag strip.
verb (used with object),stripped,strip·ping.
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.
Origin of strip
2
1425–75; late Middle English, cognate with or <Middle Low German strippe strap; see stripe1
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The only redeeming feature was a better garden than most London houses have, a strip as wide as the house, and thirty yards long.
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This strip contains, in the upper part, eight or ten glyphs.
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These are discovered in a strip of meadow near by, one only missing.
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British Dictionary definitions for strip (1 of 2)
strip1
/ (strɪp) /
verbstrips, strippingorstripped
to take or pull (the covering, clothes, etc) off (oneself, another person, or thing)to strip a wall; to strip a bed
(intr)
to remove all one's clothes
to perform a striptease
(tr)to denude or empty completely
(tr)to deprivehe 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, etcstripped pine
Also: pluck(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)agricultureto 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
See also strip out
Word Origin for strip
Old English bestriepan to plunder; related to Old High German stroufen to plunder, strip
British Dictionary definitions for strip (2 of 2)
strip2
/ (strɪp) /
noun
a relatively long, flat, narrow piece of something
short for airstrip
philatelya horizontal or vertical row of three or more unseparated postage stamps
the clothes worn by the members of a team, esp a football team
commercea triple option on a security or commodity consisting of one call option and two put options at the same price and for the same periodCompare strap (def. 5)
NZ short for dosing strip
tear someone off a stripinformalto rebuke (someone) angrily