strip

Definitions

1. 1transitive verb

   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.

2. 2transitive verb

   To divest of clothing; to uncover.

3. 3transitive verb

   To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.

4. 4transitive verb

   To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.

5. 5transitive verb

   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.

6. 6transitive verb

   To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.

7. 7transitive verb

   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.

8. 8transitive verb

   To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped.

9. 9transitive verb

   To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped.

10. 10transitive verb

    To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.

11. 11transitive verb

    To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.

12. 12transitive verb

    To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

13. 13intransitive verb

    To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress.

14. 14intransitive verb

    To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip. t., 8.

15. 15noun

    A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land.

16. 16noun

    A trough for washing ore.

17. 17noun

    The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.

18. 18noun

    a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music

    "she did a strip right in front of everyone"

    Synonyms

    striptease
19. 19noun

    an airfield without normal airport facilities

    Synonyms

    airstrip
20. 20noun

    artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

    Synonyms

    slip
21. 21noun

    thin piece of wood or metal

22. 22noun

    a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

    Synonyms

    funnies
23. 23noun

    a relatively long narrow piece of something

    "he felt a flat strip of muscle"

24. 24verb

    get undressed

    "please don't undress in front of everybody!"

    "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

    Synonyms

    discasedisrobepeeluncaseunclotheundress
25. 25verb

    remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

    "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"

    "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"

    Synonyms

    disinvestdivestundress
26. 26verb

    draw the last milk (of cows)

27. 27verb

    take off or remove

    "strip a wall of its wallpaper"

    Synonyms

    dismantle
28. 28verb

    remove a constituent from a liquid

29. 29verb

    remove the thread (of screws)

30. 30verb

    lay bare

    "denude a forest"

    Synonyms

    baredenudatedenude
31. 31verb

    remove substances from by a percolating liquid

    "leach the soil"

    Synonyms

    leach
32. 32verb

    remove the surface from

    "strip wood"

33. 33verb

    strip the cured leaves from

    "strip tobacco"

34. 34verb

    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
35. 35verb

    take away possessions from someone

    "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

    Synonyms

    deprivedivest
36. 36verb

    steal goods; take as spoils

    "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

    Synonyms

    despoilforaylootpillageplunderransackreaverifle