striped 1 of 2

as in streaked
having stripes the zebra is a black-and-white striped animal

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striped

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verb

past tense of stripe
as in barred
to make stripes on the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint

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Recent Examples of striped
Adjective
Theo can catch, clean, and cook a striped bass to feed our family. Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025 The uniform, featuring a yellow and white striped belt and gold buttons, is a refashioned uniform the Swiss Guard wore up until the 1970s, when members began to wear non-uniform suits to formal events outside the Vatican. Katie Kindelan, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2025
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Another pasta, striped like a candy cane, is filled with chicken from a farm at the city’s edge and strewn with local lemon balm, shiso, and cilantro. The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025 For an on-trend color combo, look to House of Noa’s Harlan couch, with its poppy- and maroon-striped fabric. Leonora Epstein, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for striped
Recent Examples of Synonyms for striped
Adjective
  • Scientists accidentally invented seabird toilet TV Two Japanese scientists just wanted to study how streaked shearwaters run on water to take flight.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
  • One of his images features a mostly dry riverbed, its sand mysteriously streaked.
    Alex Cuadros, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Under labor law, independent contractors are barred from collectively bargaining and unionizing.
    David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • In 2024, a California judge issued the injunction, which also barred Google from paying app developers or equipment manufacturers to launch apps exclusively on Play Store or preinstall the app store on their devices.
    Julia Shapero, The Hill, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The species stands out from other barking geckos because of its banded coloration, researchers said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Keeping your shoulders forward, open your top knee to the ceiling against the banded resistance, making sure that your torso doesn't rotate open.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 18 Aug. 2025

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“Striped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striped. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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