Definitions for strip
strip
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IPA: /strɪp/
Strip is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 68 anagrams from letters in strip (iprst).
Definitions for strip
noun
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a striptease.
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a narrow piece, comparatively long and usually of uniform width:
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a continuous series of drawings or pictures illustrating incidents, conversation, etc., as a comic strip.
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Aeronautics.
an airstrip; runway.
landing strip.
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Philately. three or more stamps joined either in a horizontal or vertical row.
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Informal. striplight.
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(sometimes initial capital letter) a road, street, or avenue, usually in a city or a main thoroughfare between outlying suburbs, densely lined on both sides by a large variety of retail stores, gas stations, restaurants, bars, etc.:
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strip steak.
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drag strip.
verb (used with object)
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to deprive of covering:
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to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked.
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to take away or remove:
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to deprive or divest:
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to clear out or empty:
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to deprive of equipment; dismantle:
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to dispossess, rob, or plunder:
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to remove varnish, paint, wax, or the like from:
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to separate the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco).
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to remove the midrib, as from tobacco leaves.
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Machinery. to break off the thread of (a screw, bolt, etc.) or the teeth of (a gear), as by applying too much force.
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to remove the mold from (an ingot).
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to draw the last milk from (a cow), especially by a stroking and compressing movement.
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to draw out (milk) in this manner.
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Photoengraving. to remove (the emulsion from a film base) in order to place it on a glass plate for exposure to the metal plate.
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Textiles.
to clean (a carding roller) by removing waste fibers.
to transfer (fibers) from one carding roller to another.
to remove (color) from a cloth or yarn in order to redye it another color.
to remove color from (a cloth or yarn).
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Bridge. to lead successively winning cards from (a hand) in order to dispose of as many cards as necessary preparatory to surrendering the lead to an opponent so that any card the opponent plays will be to his or her disadvantage.
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Mining. to strip-mine.
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Chemistry. to remove the most volatile components from, as by distillation or evaporation.
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Finance. to split (a bond) for selling separately as a principal certificate and as interest coupons.
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Surgery. to remove (a vein) by pulling it inside out through a small incision, using a long, hooked instrument.
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to cut, tear, or form into strips.
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Printing. to combine (a piece of film) with another, especially for making a combination plate of lines and halftones.
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to broadcast (a television series) in multiple related segments, as daily from Monday through Friday.
verb (used without object)
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to strip something.
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to remove one's clothes.
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to perform a striptease.
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to become stripped:
Origin of strip
1175-1225; (v.) Middle English strippe, Old English *stryppan (compare Middle High German strupfen to strip off); replacing Middle English stripen, strepen, strupen (compare Old English bestr
Examples for strip
“You can cut my hair, you can bald me, you can strip me naked and take away my dignity,” she said.
Those you cannot strip off easily with your hands are too tough for your purpose.
You mentioned Ecleftic, and the strip club anthem “Perfect Gentleman” is on there.
Wrap in a strip of gauze or cheesecloth and place in a steamer.
If ever an understanding should be arrived at, it must be based on the gift of a strip of territory.
Next door, a strip mall popped and hissed as unknown accelerants aided in its fiery destruction.
Take the flowers or blossoms of the elder tree, and strip them from the stalks.
They then would expect the Senate to strip that amendment and compromise simply on keeping government open for 60 days.
During what she describes as a “low point,” Banks worked at a strip club in Queens to make ends meet.
"You shall not be at any disadvantage," he said, and began to strip with all possible speed.