(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) The cross sectional area of the aortic lumen was gradually decreased while the length of the stenotic lesion gradually increased by using strips with different width.
(2) Further, the maximal increase in force of contraction was measured using papillary muscle strips from some of these patients.
(3) S&P – the only one of the three major agencies not to have stripped the UK of its coveted AAA status – said it had been surprised at the pick-up in activity during 2013 – a year that began with fears of a triple-dip recession.
(4) But the Franco-British spat sparked by Dave's rejection of Angela and Nicolas's cunning plan to save the euro has been given wings by news the US credit agencies may soon strip France of its triple-A rating and is coming along very nicely, thank you. "
(5) Circular muscle strips from the opossum esophageal body obtained 3-5 cm above the esophagogastric junction were suspended in organ baths for measurement of isometric tension.
(6) Survival and healing of "extremely severe" grade intoxication can only be obtained through a surgical intervention within the first hours; a laparotomy will indicate the depth of the lesions, which is not determined by endoscopy, and will consist of Celerier's stripping method and if necessary a gastrectomy, more seldom a cephalic duodeno-pancreatectomy.
(7) In goldfish intestine (perfused unstripped segments and mucosal strips) the serosal addition of ouabain (10(-4) M) resulted in a vanishment of the transepithelial potential difference and in a continuous increase in transepithelial resistance.
(8) Dopamine at concentrations over 10(-5)M induced contractions of tracheal muscle strips and repeated exposures resulted in desensitization (tachyphylaxis) of the muscle.
(9) Similar results with carbachol in the presence of 8-bromo cyclic AMP and IBMX were also found in rat right atrial strips which had been incubated with [3H]-noradrenaline.
(10) On guinea-pig lung strip the rank order of potency was U-46619 greater than Wy17186 much greater than PGF2 alpha greater than PGE2 and responses to all agonists tested were blocked by AH19437 but not by SC-19220.
(11) Glutathion and ascorbic acid interfere with the test strip method but this error is neglectable because of physiological low concentrations of these substances.
(12) We compared the effects of angiotensin II and endothelin on mass levels of 1,2-diacylglycerol, and endogenous activator of protein kinase C, in cultured rabbit vascular smooth muscle cells with the effects of these vasoconstrictors on contractile responses of rabbit aortic strips.
(13) It was found that within the dorsal part of the well known pressor area there is a narrow strip, 2.5 mm lateral from the mid line, starting ventral to the inferior colliculus and ending in the medulla close to the floor of the IV ventricle, from which vasodilatation in skeletal muscles is selectively obtained.
(14) The tinsel coiled around a jug of squash and bauble in the strip lighting made a golf-ball size knot of guilt burn in my throat.
(15) The effect of p-nitrophenylphosphate (p-NPP) on the release of acetylcholine evoked by drugs and ionic environments known to inhibit Na+, K+-ATPase was studied in isolated cortical slices of rat brain and longitudinal muscle strip of guinea-pig ileum.
(16) Experiments were performed in vitro on strips of diaphragmatic muscle obtained from 21 Syrian hamsters.
(17) Results obtained from a such study are here compared with levels obtained from a comparative determination of the metals in the mosses by three other techniques: Differential pulse anodic stripping voltammetry (DPASV), Direct current plasma (atomic emission) spectroscopy (DCPS) and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy.
(18) In cholesterol stones and cholesterolosis specimens, relatively strong muscle strips had similar responses to 10(-6) M cholecystokinin-8 in normal calcium (2.5 mM) and in the absence of extracellular calcium.
(19) An evaluation of the Ames Leukostix reagent strips for the detection of leukocyte esterase activity in urine was undertaken to determine the interlot precision and between reader reliability, to compare Leukostix and Chemstrip LN results, and to determine if the Ames Leukostix reagent strip provides an alternative to, or supplement for, the microscopic detection of leukocytes.
(20) He was held there for another eight months in conditions that aroused widespread condemnation , including being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day and being made to strip naked at night.
Ungod
Definition:
(v. t.) To deprive of divinity; to undeify.
(v. t.) To cause to recognize no god; to deprive of a god; to make atheistical.
Example Sentences:
(1) In around 100 years time, multi-generational "problem" families will constitute a quarter of the population, sucking in billions of "our" tax dollars and placing "an ungodly burden" on our children and grandchildren, says US psychiatrist Dr Bruce Perry.
(2) When we return from dinner at the ungodly hour of 9.20pm, we have to be let in by the night watchman.
(3) One European diplomat closely involved with the talks despairs at the "Republican headbangers who cannot resist a chance to damage Obama, believe global warming is based on junk science and regard action on climate change as ungodly because it will delay the second coming".
(4) No staring at ceilings at ungodly hours fretting over problems that will be forgotten in weeks; no checking work emails, almost as a nervous tic, when they can wait; no neglecting friendships that sustain and give life meaning.
(5) It is 11am and this is his fourth interview of the day, starting at some ungodly hour with a baptism of bosomy fire courtesy of Lorraine Kelly and followed by a stream of ebullient radio presenters.
(6) Out of the blue, Josh posted a 1,500-word blog on his own website that criticised everything from the way the band had been put together to the lyrics of Brand New Eyes, which he deemed ungodly.
(7) The targeted leaflet , which accuses Labour of undermining Christian values and promoting "ungodly lifestyles", was sent to 24,000 people in the borough.
(8) The ungodly screeching you hear are the cogs of Walford's criminal underworld grinding once more into motion.
(9) Nor may they play video games rated as suitable for those aged over 10, watch TV programmes rated beyond PG or read potentially “ungodly” periodicals including Esquire, People, Men’s Fitness and ESPN the Magazine.
(10) As things stand, we'd be looking at extra-time and penalties, which seem almost inevitable, considering I have to be back here in the office at some ungodly hour to record an extra early edition of Football Weekly Extra podcast .
(11) One of my young children wakes me at an ungodly hour before I travel into Shoreditch on my Brompton and the train, where I prepare for the day by meditating and praying.
(12) Why we are sat here being oppressed, while people from other tribes are hauling themselves up by their own ungodly efforts and buying three-piece suites.
(13) This is the first nomination for Caplan, who told ABC News : “I can safely say that this is one of the few phone calls a person wants to get at an ungodly hour.
(14) Aged 41 The motivation and energy the professor has is infectious, and the ungodly hours he keeps.
(15) I also know lots of male bakers – but they specialise in muscular sourdoughs, get up at ungodly hours to wrestle with great masses of dough, and most of them are, not to put too fine a point on it, sociopathic loons.