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   Strip

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   verb

   • 1. remove all coverings from: "they stripped the bed"
   • ▪ remove the clothes from (someone): "the man had been stripped naked"
   • ▪ take off one's clothes: "she stripped down to her underwear" Similar undressstrip offtake one's clothes offremove one's clothesshed one's clothesunclothedisrobestrip nakeddenude oneselfexpose oneselfreveal oneselfuncover oneselfinformal:peel offdated:divest oneself of one's clothesOpposite dress
   • ▪ pull or tear off (a garment or covering): "she stripped off her shirt"
   • ▪ remove bark and branches from (a tree).
   • ▪ remove (paint or varnish) from (a surface): "the floorboards can be stripped, sanded, and polished" Similar peelremovetake offflakescrapescratchshaveabraderubclearcleanpareskinflaytechnical:excoriatedecorticate
   • ▪ remove the stems from (tobacco).
   • ▪ milk (a cow) to the last drop.
   • 2. leave bare of accessories or fittings: "thieves stripped the room of luggage" Similar emptyclearclean outplunderrobburglelootriflepillageransackgutlay baredevastatesackravageraidliterary:despoilarchaic:spoilreave
   • ▪ remove the accessory fittings of or take apart (a machine, motor vehicle, etc.) to inspect or adjust it: "the tank was stripped down piece by piece" Similar dismantledisassembletake to piecestake to bitstake apartbreak updemolishOpposite constructassemble
   • 3. deprive someone of (rank, power, or property): "the lieutenant was stripped of his rank" Similar take away fromdispossessdepriveconfiscatedivestrelievedenyrob
   • 4. sell off (the assets of a company) for profit.
   • ▪ divest (a bond) of its interest coupons so that it and they may be sold separately.
   • 5. tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.).
   • ▪ (of a screw, gearwheel, etc.) lose its thread or teeth.
   • 6. (of a bullet) be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface.

   noun

   • 1. an act of undressing, especially in a striptease: "she got drunk and did a strip on top of the piano"
   • ▪ used for or involving the performance of stripteases: "a campaigner against strip joints"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a verb): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stropen. strip1 (sense 2 of the noun) arose in the late 20th century, possibly from the notion of clothing to which a player ‘strips’ down.

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   What is the meaning of strip in English?

   • She strips in front of strangers every night for a living. Definir significado de "strip": Take off or remove. ; Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely. ; Take away possessions from someone. ; Steal goods; take as spoils. Strip a wall of its wallpaper. The boys cleaned the sandwich platters.

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   What is the difference between strip and deprive?

   • 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.

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   What does strip a field mean?

   • To clear of a natural covering or growth; make bare: strip a field. 2. a. To deprive of possessions, office, rank, privileges, or honors; divest: The court stripped him of his property. b. To rob of wealth or property; plunder or despoil: stripped the palace of its treasures. 3. a.

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   What does strip off mean?

   • He was stripped naked and left in a cell. [transitive] to remove a layer from something, especially so that it is completely exposed strip something (off) Strip off all the existing paint.

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   1. a. : to remove clothing, covering, or surface matter from. b. : to deprive of possessions. c. : to divest of honors, privileges, or functions. 2. a. : to remove extraneous or superficial matter from. a prose style stripped to the bones. b. : to remove furniture, equipment, or accessories from. strip a ship for action. 3.

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   STRIP definition: 1. to remove, pull, or tear the covering or outer layer from something: 2. to remove something…. Learn more.

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   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. Antonyms: furnish, equip, supply. to dispossess, rob, or plunder: The highwaymen stripped the man of his possessions. Synonyms: despoil. to remove varnish, paint, wax, or the like from:

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   1. a. To remove clothing or covering from: stripped the beds. b. To remove or take off (clothing or covering): stripped off his shirt. c. To remove an exterior coating, as of paint or varnish, from: stripped the cabinets. d. To remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, for example). e.

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   to remove a covering from the surface of something: to strip paint / wallpaper off the wall. Phrasal verbs. strip sb of sth. noun [ C ] uk / strɪp / us. strip noun [C] (PIECE) a long, narrow piece of something: a strip of paper / plastic. strip noun [C] (AREA) a long, narrow area of land or water. strip noun [C] (REMOVING CLOTHES)

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   Definitions of strip. verb. take off or remove. “ strip a wall of its wallpaper” synonyms: dismantle. see more. verb. get undressed. synonyms: discase, disrobe, peel, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress. disinvest, divest, undress. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes. see more. verb. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes.

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    [transitive] strip somebody of something to take away property or honors from someone, as a punishment He was disgraced and stripped of his title. screw/gear. [transitive] strip something to damage a screw or gear It's possible that the gears are stripped on the motor. Phrasal Verbs strip away. See strip in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.