What is the meaning of strip?

noun

  • A relatively long narrow piece of something.
    • usage: "he felt a flat strip of muscle"
  • Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material.
  • An airfield without normal airport facilities.
  • A sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book.
  • Thin piece of wood or metal.
  • A form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music.
    • usage: "she did a strip right in front of everyone"

verb

  • Take away possessions from someone.
    • usage: "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
  • Get undressed.
    • usage: "please don't undress in front of everybody"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
  • Remove the surface from.
    • usage: "strip wood"
  • Remove substances from by a percolating liquid.
    • usage: "leach the soil"
  • Lay bare.
    • usage: "denude a forest"
  • Steal goods; take as spoils.
    • usage: "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
  • Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely.
    • usage: "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
  • Strip the cured leaves from.
    • usage: "strip tobacco"
  • Remove the thread (of screws. )
  • Remove a constituent from a liquid.
  • Take off or remove.
    • usage: "strip a wall of its wallpaper"
  • Draw the last milk (of cows. )
  • Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes.
    • usage: "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
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