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STRIP
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Irregular inflected forms: stripped , stripping
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
Example:
she did a strip right in front of everyone
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):
nude dancing (erotic dancing with little or no clothing)
Derivation:
strip (get undressed)
strip (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An airfield without normal airport facilities
Synonyms:
airstrip; flight strip; landing strip; strip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):
airfield; field; flying field; landing field (a place where planes take off and land)
Meronyms (parts of "strip"):
runway (a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strip"):
flare path (an airstrip outline with lights to guide an airplane pilot in landing)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
Synonyms:
slip; strip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strip"):
weather strip; weather stripping; weatherstrip; weatherstripping (a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold)
tape (a long thin piece of cloth or paper as used for binding or fastening)
tab (a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it)
stay (a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset))
screed (an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete)
ribbon; typewriter ribbon (a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter)
mullion (a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen))
lead; leading (thin strip of metal used to separate lines of type in printing)
reef (one of several strips across a sail that can be taken in or rolled up to lessen the area of the sail that is exposed to the wind)
cramp; cramp iron (a strip of metal with ends bent at right angles; used to hold masonry together)
band (a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration)
band; ring (a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration))
band (a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Thin piece of wood or metal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):
lumber; timber (the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strip"):
toothpick (pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth)
spline (a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines)
slat; spline (a thin strip (wood or metal))
pale; picket (a wooden strip forming part of a fence)
jackstraw; spillikin (a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws)
furring; furring strip (strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard)
fingerboard (a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers)
cleat (a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached)
batten (a strip fixed to something to hold it firm)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
Synonyms:
cartoon strip; comic strip; funnies; strip
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):
cartoon; sketch (a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine)
Meronyms (parts of "strip"):
frame (a single drawing in a comic strip)
Holonyms ("strip" is a part of...):
newspaper; paper (a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements)
comic book (a magazine devoted to comic strips)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A relatively long narrow piece of something
Example:
he felt a flat strip of muscle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("strip" is a kind of...):
part; piece (a portion of a natural object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strip"):
row (a long continuous strip (usually running horizontally))
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they strip ... he / she / it strips
Past simple: stripped
Past participle: stripped
-ing form: stripping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Get undressed
Example:
She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
Synonyms:
discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
take off (take away or remove)
Verb group:
disinvest; divest; strip; undress (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strip"):
take off (remove clothes)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They strip
Derivation:
strip (a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music)
stripper (a performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
Example:
He disinvested himself of his garments
Synonyms:
disinvest; divest; strip; undress
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Verb group:
discase; disrobe; peel; strip; strip down; uncase; unclothe; undress (get undressed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to strip the prisoners
Derivation:
strip (a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Draw the last milk (of cows)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
milk (take milk from female mammals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Take off or remove
Example:
strip a wall of its wallpaper
Synonyms:
dismantle; strip
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
stripper (a chemical compound used to remove paint or varnish)
stripping (the removal of covering)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Remove a constituent from a liquid
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Remove the thread (of screws)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
smooth; smoothen (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Lay bare
Example:
denude a forest
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
clear (remove)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strip"):
defoliate (strip the leaves or branches from)
burn off (clear land of its vegetation by burning it off)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They strip the trees
Sense 8
Meaning:
Remove substances from by a percolating liquid
Example:
leach the soil
Synonyms:
leach; strip
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 9
Meaning:
Remove the surface from
Example:
strip wood
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strip"):
deplumate; deplume; displume; pluck; pull; tear (strip of feathers)
decorticate (remove the outer layer of)
bark; skin (remove the bark of a tree)
pare; peel; skin (strip the skin off)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
They strip the trees
Sense 10
Meaning:
Strip the cured leaves from
Example:
strip tobacco
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
stripper (a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
Example:
The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm
Synonyms:
clean; strip
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 12
Meaning:
Take away possessions from someone
Example:
The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
Synonyms:
deprive; divest; strip
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
take (take into one's possession)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strip"):
disarm; unarm (take away the weapons from; render harmless)
expropriate (deprive of possessions)
clean (deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.)
dispossess (deprive of the possession of real estate)
clean out (deprive completely of money or goods)
unclothe (strip)
unsex (deprive of sex or sexual powers)
orphan (deprive of parents)
bereave (deprive through death)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody of something
Sentence example:
They strip him of all his money
Sense 13
Meaning:
Steal goods; take as spoils
Example:
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
Synonyms:
despoil; foray; loot; pillage; plunder; ransack; reave; rifle; strip
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "strip" is one way to...):
take (take by force)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strip"):
deplume; displume (strip of honors, possessions, or attributes)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Context examples:
A strip intended for administration through the mouth.
(Oral Strip Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
This strong link between ram pressure stripping and active black holes was not predicted and has never been reported before.
(Supermassive Black Holes Feed on Cosmic Jellyfish, ESO)
In a remote village, an aid worker pricks a sickly toddler's fingertip and, like most of the other village children's blood samples, this one turns a test strip yellow.
(Test for life-threatening nutrient deficit is made from bacteria entrails, National Science Foundation)
The planet orbits the hot white dwarf, the remnant of a Sun-like star, at close range, causing its atmosphere to be stripped away and form a disc of gas around the star.
(First Giant Planet around White Dwarf Found, ESO)
Those are the main facts of the case, stripped of all surmise, and stated as baldly as possible.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If the paper strip changes its colour, it means that histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP2) — a protein excreted only by P. falciparum in the first days after the infection — is present into the bloodstream.
(Biosensor promises early malaria diagnosis, SciDev.Net)
Notably, mice that underwent tape stripping had more severe reactions to food allergen than mice that did not.
(Scratching the skin primes the gut for allergic reactions to food, mouse study suggests, National Institutes of Health)
Serum is incubated with a membrane strip on which four recombinant viral proteins are attached.
(Hepatitis C Virus Recombinant Immonoblot Assay, NCI Thesaurus)
The point at which the elliptical shaped area of growth inhibition meets the strip is the minimum inhibitory concentration of the drug of interest.
(Epsilometry, NCI Thesaurus)
We made our best speed across the strip of wood that now divided us from the stockade, and at every step we took the voices of the buccaneers rang nearer.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
