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Strip
strɪp
Strip definitions
verb
strips
stripping
stripped
strip
- remove all coverings from
"they stripped the bed"
- remove the clothes from (someone)
"the man had been stripped naked"
- take off one's clothes
"I was tempted to strip off for a swim"
- pull or tear off (a garment or covering)
"she stripped off her shirt"
- remove bark and branches from (a tree)
- remove (paint or varnish) from (a surface)
"the floorboards can be stripped, sanded, and polished"
- remove the stems from (tobacco)
- milk (a cow) to the last drop
- leave bare of accessories or fittings
"thieves stripped the room of luggage"
empty clear clean out plunder rob burgle loot rifle pillage ransack gut lay bare devastate sack ravage raid- remove the accessory fittings of or take apart (a machine, motor vehicle, etc.) to inspect or adjust it
"the tank was stripped down piece by piece"
- deprive someone of (rank, power, or property)
"the lieutenant was stripped of his rank"
- sell off (the assets of a company) for profit
- divest (a bond) of its interest coupons so that it and they may be sold separately
- tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.)
- (of a screw, gearwheel, etc.) lose its thread or teeth
- (of a bullet) be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface