strip

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: slipairstripflight striplanding stripcomic stripcartoon stripfunniesstripteasestrip showdeprivedivestundress

WordNet 3.0

Noun (6)

  1. a relatively long narrow piece of something“he felt a flat strip of muscle”
  2. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of materialSynonyms: slip
  3. an airfield without normal airport facilitiesSynonyms: airstripflight striplanding strip
  4. a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic bookSynonyms: comic stripcartoon stripfunnies
  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”Synonyms: stripteasestrip show

Verb (13)

  1. take away possessions from someone“The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”Synonyms: deprivedivest
  2. get undressed“please don't undress in front of everybody!”“She strips in front of strangers every night for a living”Synonyms: undressdiscaseuncaseunclothestrip downdisrobepeel
  3. remove the surface from“strip wood”
  4. remove substances from by a percolating liquid“leach the soil”Synonyms: leach
  5. lay bare“denude a forest”Synonyms: denudebaredenudate
  6. steal goods; take as spoils“During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”Synonyms: plunderdespoillootreaverifleransackpillageforay
  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”Synonyms: clean
  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”Synonyms: 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”Synonyms: undressdivestdisinvest
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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]

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]

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