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- DictionaryStrip/strip/
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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