26984 words

strip

20 definitions • 33 examples
1
to remove, pull, or tear the covering or outer layer from something:

Examples:

Because of the pollution, the trees are almost completely stripped of bark.
The paintwork was so bad that we decided to strip off all the paint and start again.
[ + adj ] During the summer months, the sheep strip the mountains bare.
Huge areas of land have been stripped of all trees and vegetation.
2
to remove something from somewhere:

Examples:

When you strip the word from its context, it loses its meaning.
She said that these processed foods have been stripped of most of their nutrients.
3
to take something important, such as a title, away from someone, usually as a punishment:

Examples:

He was attempting to win back the title that was stripped from him in 1967 for refusing to fight in the Vietnam War.
He was stripped of his knighthood after he was convicted of stealing from the company.
4
to take out everything that is not part of the structure of a room or building:

Examples:

The couple first stripped the kitchen of its all units and appliances.
The house had been stripped, except for one wall fitting.
5
to sell the assets (= valuable parts) of a company:

Examples:

He made his fortune as a young man by buying up large companies and stripping the assets.
6
to remove your clothing, or to remove the clothing of someone else:

Examples:

The men were ordered to strip.
UK Suddenly he stripped off and ran into the sea.
[ + adj ] He had been stripped naked, beaten and robbed.
7
to remove your clothing in public in a sexually exciting way as an entertainment, and often as a job:

Examples:

The first time we see her character in the film, she is stripping on stage in a club.
8
to remove parts of a machine, vehicle, or engine in order to clean or repair it:

Examples:

I've decided to strip down my motorbike and rebuild it.
9
to remove the parts of a car, etc. in order to sell them
10
a long, flat, narrow piece:

Examples:

a narrow strip of land
He didn't have a bandage, so he ripped up his shirt into thin strips.
Protect the magnetic strip on your credit card from scratches, heat, or other damage.
11
the clothing worn by a football team that has the team's colours on it:

Examples:

The team will be wearing its new strip at next Saturday's match.
12
an entertainment in which the performer removes all his or her clothing:

Examples:

He jumped up on the table and started to do a strip.
13
to remove, pull, or tear the covering or outer layer from something:

Examples:

I have this cabinet that had about eight layers of paint on it, and I stripped it down to refinish it.
14
If you strip someone of something, you remove it from that person:

Examples:

Canada wants to strip Luitjens, a retired University of British Columbia botany instructor, of his citizenship.
15
to remove your clothes, or to remove the clothes from someone else:

Examples:

[ M ] It was so hot that we stripped off our shirts.
[ I ] We were told to strip to the waist (= remove our clothes above the waist).
[ I ] The nurse told me to strip down to my underwear (= remove all of my clothes except my underwear).
16
a long, flat, narrow piece:

Examples:

a strip of land
He didn’t have a bandage, so he ripped up his shirt into thin strips.
To prolong the working life of your credit card, keep the magnetic strip protected from scratches, heat, and moisture.
17
the act of removing your clothes, esp. as an entertainment:

Examples:

I jumped on the table and started to do a strip.
18
to remove the interest payments from a bond and sell them separately from the original bond:

Examples:

Certain of these securities may have variable interest rates and others may be stripped.
19
to separate a machine or piece of equipment into separate parts in order to clean or repair it:

Examples:

Apprentices are taught how to strip and repair machinery.
20
a row of stores and small businesses built together along the side of a main road:

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