verb trans
to remove clothing, covering, or surface material from (something or somebody)
to remove (wallpaper, paint, etc) from a surface
to deprive (somebody) of possessions, privileges, or rank
to remove furniture, equipment, or accessories from (e.g. a house or ship)
to dismantle (e.g. an engine)
to damage the thread or teeth of (a screw, cog, etc)
to remove cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco)
to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)
to press the last available milk from the teats of (esp a cow)
to sell off (a company's assets)
to undress
to perform a striptease
[Old English strīpan]