Main Entry: ¹strip

Pronunciation: \ˈstrip\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): stripped \ˈstript\ also stript; strip·ping

Etymology: Middle English strepen, strippen, from Old English -strīepan; akin to Old High German stroufen to strip

Date: 13th century

transitive verb 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 <stripping a varicose saphenous vein>intransitive verb 1 a : to take off clothes b : to perform a striptease
2 : peel 1

— strip·pa·ble \ˈstri-pə-bəl\ adjective