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strip

/ˈstɹɪp/noun, verb1 syllable

Strip means: get undressed.

Synonyms for strip34

noun, as in an airfield without normal airport facilities

airstrip, flight strip, landing strip

noun, as in a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

comic strip, cartoon strip, funnies

noun, as in a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music

striptease, strip show

noun, as in artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

verb, as in get undressed

undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip down, disrobe, peel, divest, disinvest

verb, as in remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

undress, divest, disinvest, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip down, disrobe, peel

verb, as in steal goods; take as spoils

plunder, despoil, loot, reave, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

verb, as in lay bare

denude, bare, denudate

verb, as in take away possessions from someone

deprive, divest

verb, as in remove substances from by a percolating liquid

leach

verb, as in remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

verb, as in take off or remove

dismantle

also used for strip

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What does strip mean?19

verb

1

get undressed“please don't undress in front of everybody!”

2

remove (someone's or one's own) clothes“The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim”

3

steal goods; take as spoils“During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”

4

lay bare“denude a forest”

5

take away possessions from someone“The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”

6

remove substances from by a percolating liquid“leach the soil”

7

remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely“The boys cleaned the sandwich platters”

8

take off or remove“strip a wall of its wallpaper”

9

remove the surface from“strip wood”

10

strip the cured leaves from“strip tobacco”

11

remove the thread (of screws)

12

remove a constituent from a liquid

13

draw the last milk (of cows)

noun

1

an airfield without normal airport facilities

2

a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

3

a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music“she did a strip right in front of everyone”

4

artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

5

a relatively long narrow piece of something“he felt a flat strip of muscle”

6

thin piece of wood or metal

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with strip?22

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Strip in a sentence

  • The strong, gusty wind strived to strip the leaves off the trees.unknown
  • There, just connect your computer to the power strip.GeeZ
  • If you fall into the water, you should strip off all wet clothes.Spamster
  • The coastline then, as now, was a long strip of beach.CM
  • Layla worked at a strip club, hoping to earn a quick buck.OsoHombre
  • Cut the quartered pak-choi into, slightly wide, strips.fcbond
  • Sami's bar wasn't considered as a strip club.OsoHombre
  • I saw you in the strip club the day before yesterday.horsebones

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of strip

as a noun

plural
strips

as a verb

past tense
stripped
present participle
stripping
third-person singular
strips
past participle
stripped