stripped
ˈstript 
also stript; stripping; strips
also stript; stripping; strips
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
1
a
: to take off clothes
… anxious to find the young man who stripped down to his boxer shorts and jumped in the river to save her dog.—
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b
: to remove one's clothes gradually piece by piece in a seductive or provocative manner especially to the accompaniment of music : to perform a striptease
2
1
a
: a long narrow piece of a material
b
: a long narrow area of land or water
2
: airstrip
3
: a commercially developed area especially along a highway
4
5
Synonyms
Examples of strip in a Sentence
Verb
He stripped himself down to his underwear.
The prisoners were stripped naked.
She gets paid to dance and strip at the club.
They stripped the table and refinished it.
They stripped the room when they left.
The building had been completely stripped of its original woodwork.
Noun
a small strip of cloth
the half-mile strip of road
Recent Examples on the WebGeorge Ramsay, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Those that were not uprooted were stripped of their bark.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Attendance has dropped to last in the league as the team has been stripped of its stars.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
As Monkey Man neared its April 5 U.S. release, its villains were further stripped of key details tying them to real-world Hindutva.
—Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The cold, dry air of winter and the hot, humid air of summer can both strip moisture from a dog's skin, leading to dryness and irritation.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Rebuilding The Biden administration inherited a program that had been stripped to the bone during the Trump years.
—Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
This land was stripped of its dense vegetation by miners scouring the subsoil for tiny specks of gold, using mercury to separate the gold from the sediment.
—Simeon Tegel, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Amy Moore, the director of the agency’s division of cannabis regulation, in a statement appeared to confirm that some of the licenses were stripped due to predatory practices.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
The chair crashed onto the Broadway strip, not far from two police officers.
—Avi Selk, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Gourmet Alley is currently a narrow street in downtown Gilroy that abuts a strip of restaurants, mostly serving to house dumpsters and access parking.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
The Israel Defense Forces announced a full withdrawal of ground forces from southern Gaza on Sunday, leaving a smaller force to maintain operations in the whole of the strip.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2024
With its high population density, the strip is an extraordinarily difficult place to run sustained military operations.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024
Meet the Pretzel Cheddar Club Sandwich: a boneless chicken breast (fried, grilled, or spicy) served on a warm pretzel bun with lettuce, tomato, soft seasoned cheddar cheese, crispy strips of applewood smoked bacon, and a Creamy Dijon Mustard Sauce on the side.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2024
The film primarily featured footage from the group’s hometown gig in Sept. 2022, while also incorporating interviews with the band and archival footage to trace their rise from playing diver bars on the Vegas strip to headlining the city’s gigantic football stadium.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
The organization also purchased a 65-foot strip dividing one of his fields for power lines.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
Verb
Last year, Davis-Woodhall was stripped of her national indoor title and given a one-month suspension after testing positive for THC, a chemical found in cannabis, marijuana and hashish.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Those that were not uprooted were stripped of their bark.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Attendance has dropped to last in the league as the team has been stripped of its stars.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
As Monkey Man neared its April 5 U.S. release, its villains were further stripped of key details tying them to real-world Hindutva.
—Siddhant Adlakha, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
The cold, dry air of winter and the hot, humid air of summer can both strip moisture from a dog's skin, leading to dryness and irritation.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Rebuilding The Biden administration inherited a program that had been stripped to the bone during the Trump years.
—Hamed Aleaziz, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
This land was stripped of its dense vegetation by miners scouring the subsoil for tiny specks of gold, using mercury to separate the gold from the sediment.
—Simeon Tegel, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Amy Moore, the director of the agency’s division of cannabis regulation, in a statement appeared to confirm that some of the licenses were stripped due to predatory practices.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2024
Noun
The rare event will see the shadow of the moon cover a narrow strip of land in darkness in the middle of the day.
—Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
The chair crashed onto the Broadway strip, not far from two police officers.
—Avi Selk, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
Gourmet Alley is currently a narrow street in downtown Gilroy that abuts a strip of restaurants, mostly serving to house dumpsters and access parking.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
The Israel Defense Forces announced a full withdrawal of ground forces from southern Gaza on Sunday, leaving a smaller force to maintain operations in the whole of the strip.
—Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2024
With its high population density, the strip is an extraordinarily difficult place to run sustained military operations.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024
Meet the Pretzel Cheddar Club Sandwich: a boneless chicken breast (fried, grilled, or spicy) served on a warm pretzel bun with lettuce, tomato, soft seasoned cheddar cheese, crispy strips of applewood smoked bacon, and a Creamy Dijon Mustard Sauce on the side.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2024
The film primarily featured footage from the group’s hometown gig in Sept. 2022, while also incorporating interviews with the band and archival footage to trace their rise from playing diver bars on the Vegas strip to headlining the city’s gigantic football stadium.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
The organization also purchased a 65-foot strip dividing one of his fields for power lines.
—Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English strepen, strippen, from Old English -strīepan; akin to Old High German stroufen to strip
Noun
probably alteration of stripe entry 3
First Known Use
Verb
13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a
Noun
1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of strip was
in the 13th century
Phrases Containing strip
Dictionary Entries Near strip
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Kids Definition
strip
1 of 2 verb
stripped
ˈstript
also stript; stripping
also stript; stripping
1
a
: to remove clothing, covering, or surface substance from
b
: undress
stripped and showered
c
: plunder entry 1, spoil
troops stripped the town after capturing it
d
: to take away all duties, honors, or special rights
2
3
: to make bare or clear (as by cutting or grazing)
4
: to tear or damage the screw thread of (as a bolt or nut)
stripper
noun
strip
2 of 2 noun1
: a long narrow piece or area
strips of bacon
a strip of land
2
: airstrip
Medical Definition
Legal Definition
strip
1 of 3 transitive verb
stripped; stripping
: to divide (a debt security) into separately traded securities entitling the owner usually to either principal or interest alone from the obligation
strip
2 of 3 noun
: a security traded separately from another after stripping
specifically
: a derivative mortgage-backed security created by the segregation of cash flow from the underlying mortgages or other mortgage-backed securities and entitling the investor to a specified percentage (as 100 percent) of the interest or principal paid
STRIP
3 of 3 noun
plural STRIPs
: a Treasury security that entitles the investor usually to payment of interest or principal exclusively and that is registered in a Federal Reserve bank under a federal program that provides for such separate trading of the components of U.S. Treasury obligations compare zero-coupon bond at bond sense 2
Etymology
Noun
separate trading of registered interest and principal of securities
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