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STRIP definition: 1. to remove, pull, or tear the covering or outer layer from something: 2. to remove something…. Learn more.
1. a. : to remove clothing, covering, or surface matter from. b. : to deprive of possessions. c. : to divest of honors, privileges, or functions. 2. a. : to remove extraneous or superficial matter from. a prose style stripped to the bones. b. : to remove furniture, equipment, or accessories from. strip a ship for action. 3.
1. a. To remove clothing or covering from: stripped the beds. b. To remove or take off (clothing or covering): stripped off his shirt. c. To remove an exterior coating, as of paint or varnish, from: stripped the cabinets. d. To remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, for example). e.
The verb strip has many shades of meaning, but most of them involve removing something. Someone may strip you of your power or you may strip off your clothes. Whatever it is that you strip, it’s gone.
To strip is to take something completely (often violently) from a person or thing so as to leave in a destitute or powerless state: to strip a man of all his property; to strip the bark from a tree. To deprive is to take away forcibly or coercively what one has, or to withhold what one might have: to deprive workers of their livelihood.
STRIP definition: 1. to remove all your clothes, or to remove all of someone else's clothes: 2. to remove a covering…. Learn more.
Definition of strip verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Strip definition: to deprive of covering. See examples of STRIP used in a sentence.
Definition of strip noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Strip definition: To damage or break the threads of (a screw, for example) or the teeth of (a gear).
