STRIP (stripped, stripping)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strip mean? 

• STRIP (noun)
  The noun STRIP has 6 senses:

1. a relatively long narrow piece of something

2. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

3. an airfield without normal airport facilities

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

5. thin piece of wood or metal

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

  Familiarity information: STRIP used as a noun is common.

• STRIP (verb)
  The verb STRIP has 13 senses:

1. take away possessions from someone

2. get undressed

3. remove the surface from

4. remove substances from by a percolating liquid

5. lay bare

6. steal goods; take as spoils

7. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

8. strip the cured leaves from

9. remove the thread (of screws)

10. remove a constituent from a liquid

11. take off or remove

12. draw the last milk (of cows)

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

  Familiarity information: STRIP used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRIP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A relatively long narrow piece of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

he felt a flat strip of muscle

Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):

part; piece (a portion of a natural object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strip"):

row (a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

slip; strip

Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strip"):

band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))

weather strip; weather stripping; weatherstrip; weatherstripping (a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold)

tape (a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening)

tab (a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it)

stay (a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset))

screed (an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete)

ribbon; typewriter ribbon (a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter)

mullion (a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen))

lead; leading (thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing)

reef (one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind)

cramp; cramp iron (a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together)

band (a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration)

band; ring (a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration))

Sense 3

Meaning:

An airfield without normal airport facilities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

airstrip; flight strip; landing strip; strip

Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):

airfield; field; flying field; landing field (a place where planes take off and land)

Meronyms (parts of "strip"):

runway (a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strip"):

flare path (an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing)

Sense 4

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

cartoon strip; comic strip; funnies; strip

Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):

cartoon; sketch (a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine)

Meronyms (parts of "strip"):

frame (a single drawing in a comic strip)

Holonyms ("strip" is a part of...):

newspaper; paper (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements)

comic book (a magazine devoted to comic strips)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Thin piece of wood or metal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):

lumber; timber (the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strip"):

toothpick (pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth)

spline (a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines)

slat; spline (a thin strip (wood or metal))

pale; picket (a wooden strip forming part of a fence)

furring; furring strip (strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard)

fingerboard (a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers)

cleat (a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached)

batten (a strip fixed to something to hold it firm)

jackstraw; spillikin (a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

strip; strip show; striptease

Context example:

she did a strip right in front of everyone

Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):

nude dancing (erotic dancing with little or no clothing)

Derivation:

strip (get undressed)

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

• STRIP (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take away possessions from someone

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

deprive; divest; strip

Context example:

The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strip"):

disarm; unarm (take away the weapons from; render harmless)

expropriate (deprive of possessions)

clean (deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.)

dispossess (deprive of the possession of real estate)

clean out (deprive completely of money or goods)

unclothe (strip)

unsex (deprive of sex or sexual powers)

orphan (deprive of parents)

bereave (deprive through death)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody of something

Sentence example:

They strip him of all his money

Sense 2

Meaning:

Get undressed

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress

Context example:

She strips in front of strangers every night for a living

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

take off (take away or remove)

Verb group:

disinvest; divest; strip; undress (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strip"):

take off (remove clothes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They strip

Derivation:

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

stripper (a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Remove the surface from

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

strip wood

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strip"):

bark; skin (remove the bark of a tree)

deplumate; deplume; displume; pluck; pull; tear (strip of feathers)

decorticate (remove the outer layer of)

pare; peel; skin (strip the skin off)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They strip the trees

Sense 4

Meaning:

Remove substances from by a percolating liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

leach; strip

Context example:

leach the soil

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Lay bare

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

bare; denudate; denude; strip

Context example:

denude a forest

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

clear (remove)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strip"):

defoliate (strip the leaves or branches from)

burn off (clear land of its vegetation by burning it off)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

They strip the trees

Sense 6

Meaning:

Steal goods; take as spoils

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

despoil; foray; loot; pillage; plunder; ransack; reave; rifle; strip

Context example:

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

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

take (take by force)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strip"):

deplume; displume (strip of honors, possessions, or attributes)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

clean; strip

Context example:

The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 8

Meaning:

Strip the cured leaves from

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

strip tobacco

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stripper (a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Remove the thread (of screws)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

smooth; smoothen (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 10

Meaning:

Remove a constituent from a liquid

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Take off or remove

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

dismantle; strip

Context example:

strip a wall of its wallpaper

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

stripper (a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish)

stripping (the removal of covering)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Draw the last milk (of cows)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

milk (take milk from female mammals)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 13

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

disinvest; divest; strip; undress

Context example:

He disinvested himself of his garments

Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Verb group:

discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress (get undressed)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to strip the prisoners

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

“You stripped me of the greater part of all I ever had,” said my aunt.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He tore a long strip from one of his two blankets and bound the ankle tightly.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The captain had often entreated me to strip myself of my savage dress, and offered to lend me the best suit of clothes he had.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The gas-stripping process in D100 began roughly 300 million years ago.

(Hubble Sees Plunging Galaxy Losing Its Gas, NASA)

Let me see the three strips.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I had never before seen him stripped, and the sight of his body quite took my breath away.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The majority of Mars’ ancient, potentially habitable atmosphere has been lost to space, stripped away by solar wind and radiation.

(Mars Terraforming Not Possible Using Present-Day Technology, NASA)

It does not include procedures such as vein stripping, carotid disease, or procedures originating above the diaphragm.

(History of Peripheral Vascular Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

Jim appeared in the ring stripped to the waist, with a coloured handkerchief tied round his middle.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have in my shoe, most worshipful sir, a strip of wood which belonged once to the bark wherein the blessed Paul was dashed up against the island of Melita.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)