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Definition of Strip
1. Noun. A relatively long narrow piece of something. "He felt a flat strip of muscle"
2. Verb. Take away possessions from someone. "They strip him of all his money"; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
Exact synonyms: Deprive, Divest
Specialized synonyms: Disarm, Unarm, Expropriate, Clean, Dispossess, Clean Out, Unclothe, Unsex, Orphan, Bereave
Generic synonyms: Take
Derivative terms: Deprivation, Deprivation, Divestiture
Specialized synonyms: Disarm, Unarm, Expropriate, Clean, Dispossess, Clean Out, Unclothe, Unsex, Orphan, Bereave
Generic synonyms: Take
Derivative terms: Deprivation, Deprivation, Divestiture
3. Noun. Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material.
Exact synonyms: Slip
Generic synonyms: Artefact, Artifact
Specialized synonyms: Band, Band, Ring, Band, Cramp, Cramp Iron, Reef, Lead, Leading, Mullion, Ribbon, Typewriter Ribbon, Screed, Stay, Tab, Tape, Weather Strip, Weather Stripping, Weatherstrip, Weatherstripping
Generic synonyms: Artefact, Artifact
Specialized synonyms: Band, Band, Ring, Band, Cramp, Cramp Iron, Reef, Lead, Leading, Mullion, Ribbon, Typewriter Ribbon, Screed, Stay, Tab, Tape, Weather Strip, Weather Stripping, Weatherstrip, Weatherstripping
4. Verb. Get undressed. "They strip themselves"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
Exact synonyms: Discase, Disrobe, Peel, Strip Down, Uncase, Unclothe, Undress
Specialized synonyms: Take Off
Related verbs: Disinvest, Divest, Undress
Generic synonyms: Take Off
Derivative terms: Peeler, Stripper, Undress
Antonyms: Dress, Dress
Specialized synonyms: Take Off
Related verbs: Disinvest, Divest, Undress
Generic synonyms: Take Off
Derivative terms: Peeler, Stripper, Undress
Antonyms: Dress, Dress
5. Noun. An airfield without normal airport facilities.
Exact synonyms: Airstrip, Flight Strip, Landing Strip
Generic synonyms: Airfield, Field, Flying Field, Landing Field
Specialized synonyms: Flare Path
Terms within: Runway
Generic synonyms: Airfield, Field, Flying Field, Landing Field
Specialized synonyms: Flare Path
Terms within: Runway
6. Verb. Remove the surface from. "They strip the trees"; "Strip wood"
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Specialized synonyms: Pare, Peel, Skin, Bark, Skin, Decorticate, Deplumate, Deplume, Displume, Pluck, Pull, Tear
Specialized synonyms: Pare, Peel, Skin, Bark, Skin, Decorticate, Deplumate, Deplume, Displume, Pluck, Pull, Tear
7. Noun. A sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book.
Exact synonyms: Cartoon Strip, Comic Strip, Funnies
Group relationships: Newspaper, Paper, Comic Book
Generic synonyms: Cartoon, Sketch
Terms within: Frame
Group relationships: Newspaper, Paper, Comic Book
Generic synonyms: Cartoon, Sketch
Terms within: Frame
8. Verb. Remove substances from by a percolating liquid. "Leach the soil"
9. Noun. Thin piece of wood or metal.
Specialized synonyms: Batten, Cleat, Fingerboard, Furring, Furring Strip, Jackstraw, Spillikin, Pale, Picket, Slat, Spline, Spline, Toothpick
Generic synonyms: Lumber, Timber
Generic synonyms: Lumber, Timber
10. Verb. Lay bare. "They strip the trees"; "Denude a forest"
Exact synonyms: Bare, Denudate, Denude
Generic synonyms: Clear
Specialized synonyms: Defoliate, Burn Off
Derivative terms: Denudation
Generic synonyms: Clear
Specialized synonyms: Defoliate, Burn Off
Derivative terms: Denudation
11. Noun. A form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music. "She did a strip right in front of everyone"
12. Verb. Steal goods; take as spoils. "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Exact synonyms: Despoil, Foray, Loot, Pillage, Plunder, Ransack, Reave, Rifle
Generic synonyms: Take
Specialized synonyms: Deplume, Displume
Derivative terms: Despoiler, Despoilment, Despoliation, Loot, Looter, Looting, Pillage, Pillager, Pillaging, Plunder, Plunderer, Plundering
Generic synonyms: Take
Specialized synonyms: Deplume, Displume
Derivative terms: Despoiler, Despoilment, Despoliation, Loot, Looter, Looting, Pillage, Pillager, Pillaging, Plunder, Plunderer, Plundering
13. Verb. Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely. "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
14. Verb. Strip the cured leaves from. "Strip tobacco"
15. Verb. Remove the thread (of screws).
16. Verb. Remove a constituent from a liquid.
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
17. Verb. Take off or remove. "Strip a wall of its wallpaper"
Exact synonyms: Dismantle
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Stripper, Stripping
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Stripper, Stripping
18. Verb. Draw the last milk (of cows).
Generic synonyms: Milk
19. Verb. Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes. "They want to strip the prisoners "; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
Exact synonyms: Disinvest, Divest, Undress
Related verbs: Discase, Disrobe, Peel, Strip Down, Uncase, Unclothe, Undress
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Undress
Related verbs: Discase, Disrobe, Peel, Strip Down, Uncase, Unclothe, Undress
Generic synonyms: Remove, Take, Take Away, Withdraw
Derivative terms: Undress
Definition of Strip
1. v. t. 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. v. i. To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress.
3. n. A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land.
Definition of Strip
1. to remove the outer covering from [v STRIPPED or STRIPT, STRIPPING, STRIPS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strip
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