strip
1 (strĭp)
[Middle English stripen, from Old English -strȳpan, to plunder (in bestrȳpan).]
verb: stripped, strip·ping, strips.
transitive verb
- To remove clothing or covering from.
- To deprive of (clothing or covering).
- To deprive of honors, rank, office, privileges, or possessions; divest.
- To remove all excess detail from; reduce to essentials.
- To remove equipment, furnishings, or supplementary parts or attachments from.
- To clear of a natural covering or growth; make bare: strip a field.
- To remove an exterior coating, as of paint or varnish, from: stripped and refinished the old chest of drawers.
- To remove the leaves from the stalks of. Used especially of tobacco.
- To dismantle (a firearm, for example) piece by piece.
- To damage or break the threads of (a screw, for example) or the teeth of (a gear).
- To press the last drops of milk from (a cow or goat, for example) at the end of milking.
- To rob of wealth or property; plunder or despoil.
- To mount (a photographic positive or negative) on paper to be used in making a printing plate.
intransitive verb
- To undress completely.
- To perform a striptease.
- To fall away or be removed; peel.
noun
- A striptease.
derivatives
- striṕpa·ble
- adjective
strip
2 (strĭp)
[Middle English, perhaps from Middle Low German strippe, strap, thong.]
noun
- A long narrow piece, usually of uniform width: a strip of paper; strips of beef.
- A long narrow region of land or body of water.
- A comic strip.
- An airstrip.
- An area, as along a busy street or highway, that is lined with a great number and variety of commercial establishments.
transitive verb: stripped, strip·ping, strips.
- To cut or tear into strips.
