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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stripe1 /straɪp/USA pronunciation n., v., striped, strip•ing. n. [countable] - a narrow band differing in color, material, or texture from the background parts:the stripes of a zebra.
- variety;
sort:a person of a different stripe.
v. [~ + object] - to mark or furnish with stripes.
Idioms- Idioms earn one's stripes, to gain experience:He had to earn his stripes as a traveling salesman.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stripe1 (strīp),USA pronunciation n., v., striped, strip•ing.
n. - a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing:the stripes of a zebra.
- Textilesa fabric or material containing such a band or bands.
- Textilesa strip of braid, tape, or the like.
- stripes:
- Militarya number or combination of such strips, worn on a military, naval, or other uniform as a badge of rank, service, good conduct, combat wounds, etc.
- Informal Termsstatus or recognition as a result of one's efforts, experience, or achievements:She earned her stripes as a traveling sales representative and then moved up to district manager.
- a strip, or long, narrow piece of anything:a stripe of beach.
- a streak or layer of a different nature within a substance.
- style, variety, sort, or kind:a man of quite a different stripe.
- CinemaAlso called magnetic stripe. [Motion Pictures.]a strip of iron oxide layer on the edge of a film that is used for recording and reproducing a magnetic sound track.
v.t. - to mark or furnish with a stripe or stripes.
- Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strīpe; see strip2, stripe2
- 1620–30
- a stroke with a whip, rod, etc., as in punishment.
- 1400–50; late Middle English; obscurely akin to stripe1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stripe /straɪp/ n - a relatively long band of distinctive colour or texture that differs from the surrounding material or background
- a fabric having such bands
- a strip, band, or chevron of fabric worn on a military uniform, etc, esp one that indicates rank
- chiefly US Canadian kind; sort; type: a man of a certain stripe
vb - (transitive) to mark with a stripe or stripes
Etymology: 17th Century: probably from Middle Dutch strīpe; related to Middle High German strīfe, of obscure origin stripe /straɪp/ n - a stroke from a whip, rod, cane, etc
Etymology: 15th Century: perhaps from Middle Low German strippe; related to stripe1 |