Strip

Definition:

  • (v. t.) To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark.
  • (v. t.) To divest of clothing; to uncover.
  • (v. t.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.
  • (v. t.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.
  • (v. t.) To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow.
  • (v. t.) To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.
  • (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses.
  • (v. t.) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped.
  • (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped.
  • (v. t.) To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
  • (v. t.) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
  • (v. t.) To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
  • (v. i.) To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress.
  • (v. i.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8.
  • (n.) A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land.
  • (n.) A trough for washing ore.
  • (n.) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.

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nudation vs. strip

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displenish vs. strip

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reeding vs. strip

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depasture vs. strip

discase vs. strip

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fringe vs. strip

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string vs. strip

ribbon vs. strip

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reim vs. strip

flense vs. strip

delayer vs. strip

busbar vs. strip

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peeling vs. strip

headband vs. strip

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despoil vs. strip

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stretch vs. strip

bandage vs. strip

french vs. strip

bearer vs. strip

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cartoon vs. strip

disrobe vs. strip

isthmus vs. strip

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series vs. strip

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draw vs. strip

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compress vs. strip

cow vs. strip

milk vs. strip

pressure vs. strip

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award vs. strip

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gun vs. strip

rifled vs. strip

projectile vs. strip

ore vs. strip

strip vs. wash

strip vs. trough

strip vs. supporter

strip vs. uniform

football vs. strip

border vs. strip

bereave vs. strip

fillet vs. strip

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stave vs. strip

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peel vs. strip

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slat vs. strip

doff vs. strip

lath vs. strip

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content vs. strip

flay vs. strip

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bark vs. strip

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bar vs. strip

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rifle vs. strip

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