stripped
ˈstript 
also stript; stripping; strips
also stript; stripping; strips
1
a
: to remove clothing, covering, or surface matter from
b
: to deprive of possessions
c
: to divest of honors, privileges, or functions
2
a
: to remove extraneous or superficial matter from
a prose style stripped to the bones
b
: to remove furniture, equipment, or accessories from
strip a ship for action
3
: to make bare or clear (as by cutting or grazing)
4
: to finish a milking of by pressing the last available milk from the teats
strip a cow
5
a
: to remove cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco)
b
: to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)
6
: to tear or damage the thread of (a separable part or fitting)
7
: to separate (components) from a mixture or solution
8
: to press eggs or milt out of (a fish)
9
: to remove (a subcutaneous vein) by means of a surgical instrument
1
a
: to take off clothes
… anxious to find the young man who stripped down to his boxer shorts and jumped in the river to save her dog.—
Mike Byrne
Mike Byrne
b
: to remove one's clothes gradually piece by piece in a seductive or provocative manner especially to the accompaniment of music : to perform a striptease
2
1
a
: a long narrow piece of a material
b
: a long narrow area of land or water
2
: airstrip
3
: a commercially developed area especially along a highway
4
5
Synonyms
Examples of strip in a Sentence
Verb
He stripped himself down to his underwear.
The prisoners were stripped naked.
She gets paid to dance and strip at the club.
They stripped the table and refinished it.
They stripped the room when they left.
The building had been completely stripped of its original woodwork.
Noun
a small strip of cloth
the half-mile strip of road
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Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Nice for undrafted rookie Reddy Steward to make a big play in his debut, stripping Marvin Harrison Jr. from behind by punching the ball out.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
Two parallel low-friction strips lay along the mouse’s belly, while the power switch and sensor remain nestled up top.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Verb
Almost all of our renters still love the vibe of a downtown space that, unlike so much of our neighborhood, hasn’t been completely stripped of its character.
—Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Nice for undrafted rookie Reddy Steward to make a big play in his debut, stripping Marvin Harrison Jr. from behind by punching the ball out.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
Washington state, for instance, in 2011 transferred a 2.5-mile strip of state road 522 to the Seattle suburb of Bothell.
—David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
Two parallel low-friction strips lay along the mouse’s belly, while the power switch and sensor remain nestled up top.
—PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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strip
1 of 2 verb
stripped
ˈstript
also stript; stripping
also stript; stripping
1
a
: to remove clothing, covering, or surface substance from
b
: undress
stripped and showered
c
: plunder entry 1, spoil
troops stripped the town after capturing it
d
: to take away all duties, honors, or special rights
2
3
: to make bare or clear (as by cutting or grazing)
4
: to tear or damage the screw thread of (as a bolt or nut)
stripper
noun
strip
2 of 2 noun1
: a long narrow piece or area
strips of bacon
a strip of land
2
: airstrip
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