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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. a relatively long narrow piece of something;
- Example: "he felt a flat strip of muscle"

2. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material;
[syn: strip, slip]

3. an airfield without normal airport facilities;
[syn: airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, strip]

4. a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book;
[syn: comic strip, cartoon strip, strip, funnies]

5. thin piece of wood or metal;

6. a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music;
- Example: "she did a strip right in front of everyone"
[syn: strip, striptease, strip show]


VERB (13)

1. take away possessions from someone;
- Example: "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
[syn: deprive, strip, divest]

2. get undressed;
- Example: "please don't undress in front of everybody!"
- Example: "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
[syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel]

3. remove the surface from;
- Example: "strip wood"

4. remove substances from by a percolating liquid;
- Example: "leach the soil"
[syn: leach, strip]

5. lay bare;
- Example: "denude a forest"
[syn: denude, bare, denudate, strip]

6. steal goods; take as spoils;
- Example: "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray]

7. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely;
- Example: "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"
- Example: "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
[syn: clean, strip]

8. strip the cured leaves from;
- Example: "strip tobacco"

9. remove the thread (of screws);

10. remove a constituent from a liquid;

11. take off or remove;
- Example: "strip a wall of its wallpaper"
[syn: strip, dismantle]

12. draw the last milk (of cows);

13. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes;
- Example: "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"
- Example: "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"
- Example: "He disinvested himself of his garments"
[syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Strip \Strip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stripped; p. pr. & vb. n. Stripping.] [OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str?pan in bestr?pan to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen.] 1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark. [1913 Webster] And strippen her out of her rude array. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] They stripped Joseph out of his coat. --Gen. xxxvii. 23. [1913 Webster] Opinions which . . . no clergyman could have avowed without imminent risk of being stripped of his gown. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To divest of clothing; to uncover. [1913 Webster] Before the folk herself strippeth she. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Strip your sword stark naked. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. (Agric.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips. [1913 Webster] 5. To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow. [1913 Webster] 6. To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When first they stripped the Malean promontory. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Before he reached it he was out of breath, And then the other stripped him. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 7. To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses. [1913 Webster] To strip bad habits from a corrupted heart, is stripping off the skin. --Gilpin. [1913 Webster] 8. (Mach.) (a) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped. (b) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped. [1913 Webster] 9. To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action. [1913 Webster] 10. (Carding) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged. [1913 Webster] 11. To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves). [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Strip \Strip\, v. i. 1. To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mach.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Strip \Strip\, n. 1. A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A trough for washing ore. [1913 Webster] 3. (Gunnery) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion. --Farrow. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strip n 1: a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" 2: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material [syn: strip, slip] 3: an airfield without normal airport facilities [syn: airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, strip] 4: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book [syn: comic strip, cartoon strip, strip, funnies] 5: thin piece of wood or metal 6: a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone" [syn: strip, striptease, strip show] v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, strip, divest] 2: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog] 3: remove the surface from; "strip wood" 4: remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil" [syn: leach, strip] 5: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare, denudate, strip] 6: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray] 7: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm" [syn: clean, strip] 8: strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco" 9: remove the thread (of screws) 10: remove a constituent from a liquid 11: take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" [syn: strip, dismantle] 12: draw the last milk (of cows) 13: remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" [syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest]