strip

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strip
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Meanings
verb
  • remove all coverings from.
    E.g. they stripped the bed
  • leave bare of accessories or fittings.
    E.g. thieves stripped the room of luggage
  • deprive someone of (rank, power, or property).
    E.g. the lieutenant was stripped of his rank
  • sell off (the assets of a company) for profit.
  • tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.).
  • (of a bullet) be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface.
noun
  • an act of undressing, especially in a striptease.
    E.g. she got drunk and did a strip on top of the piano
  • the identifying outfit worn by the members of a sports team while playing.
    E.g. the team's away strip is a garish mix of red, white, and blue
noun
  • a long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material.
    E.g. a strip of linen
  • a comic strip.
    E.g. a strip cartoon
  • a programme broadcast regularly at the same time.
    E.g. he hosts a weekly two-hour advice strip

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