strip
//ˈstɹɪp//
Forms
- Plural
- strips
- present (v1)
- strip
- past (v2)
- stripped
- past participle (v3)
- stripped
- present participle
- stripping
- 3rd person singular
- strips
Definitions
1.A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
- The countries were in dispute over the ownership of a strip of desert about 100 metres wide.
2.A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
- Papier mache is made from strips of paper.
- I have some strip left over after fitting out the kitchen.
- Squeeze a strip of glue along the edge and then press down] firmly.
3.A comic strip.
4.A landing strip.
1.To take off clothing.
- Seeing that no one else was about, he stripped and dived into the river.
2.To perform a striptease.
- In the seedy club, a group of drunken men were watching a woman stripping.
3.To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
- They stript Joseph out of his coat.
- The athlete was stripped of his medal after failing a drugs test.
- They had stripped the forest bare, with not a tree left standing.
4.To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
- Norm will strip the old varnish before painting the chair.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3242
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From alteration of stripe or from Middle Low German strippe, of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps derived from a lost strong verb Proto-Germanic *strīpaną, with no clear cognates outside of Germanic except for Irish sríab (“line, stripe”).