strip

1 of 2

verb

stripped ˈstript How to pronounce strip (audio) also stript; stripping; strips

transitive verb

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
: to make bare or clear (as by cutting or grazing)
4
: to finish a milking of by pressing the last available milk from the teats
strip a cow
5
a
: to remove cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco)
b
: to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)
6
: to tear or damage the thread of (a separable part or fitting)
7
: to separate (components) from a mixture or solution
8
: to press eggs or milt out of (a fish)
9
: to remove (a subcutaneous vein) by means of a surgical instrument

intransitive verb

1
a
: to take off clothes
… anxious to find the young man who stripped down to his boxer shorts and jumped in the river to save her dog.Mike Byrne
b
: to remove one's clothes gradually piece by piece in a seductive or provocative manner especially to the accompaniment of music : to perform a striptease
2
strippable adjective

strip

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noun

1
a
: a long narrow piece of a material
b
: a long narrow area of land or water
2
3
: a commercially developed area especially along a highway
4
5

Examples of strip in a Sentence

Verb He stripped himself down to his underwear. The prisoners were stripped naked. She gets paid to dance and strip at the club. They stripped the table and refinished it. They stripped the room when they left. The building had been completely stripped of its original woodwork. Noun a small strip of cloth the half-mile strip of road
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
The government is attempting to strip 170 million Americans of their Constitutional right to free expression. Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 Mar. 2024 But the judge questioned whether Congress can strip courts of their own admiralty jurisdiction over a shipwreck, something that has centuries of legal precedent. CBS News, 14 Mar. 2024 Other stars who’ve stripped down to their skivvies for Calvin Klein include Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Justin Bieber and Kellan Lutz. Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2024 The government is attempting to strip 170 million Americans of their constitutional right to free expression. Makena Kelly, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024 After stripping out volatile food and fuel costs for a better sense of the underlying trend, inflation came in at 3.8 percent, slightly faster than economists had forecast. Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024 On the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, Josh Brolin returned to host for the third time with musical guest Ariana Grande. To conclude his monologue, Brolin stripped down to his underwear to take a cold plunge onstage. Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024 Avia Invest, for example, was stripped of its contract managing the Chisinau International Airport. Zenger News, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 Officer John Smith was stripped of all police powers and placed on restricted duty, the Fort Worth Police Department said in a news release Friday. Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2024
Noun
Coronado, an island across the bay from San Diego that is known for the red-roofed Hotel del Coronado, was accessible only by ferry or a long drive up the strip of land that connects it to the mainland near the border with Mexico until a bridge opened in 1969. Amanda Holpuch, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024 More local Arizona news:Litchfield Park voters to decide charter city question The second improvement was to create a berm, or level strip of land, along portions of the parcels’ boundaries. Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024 The restaurant will also have a carving station with roasted strip steak, smoked salmon and desserts. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2024 They’re also used in running clothes with reflective strips on them. Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024 Add one or more strips of wood in the wall cavity behind the existing drywall. Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024 The post then featured a close-up of Gomez and a hand placed on the side of her face, as well as photo booth-style strips of the two together and a snap of them sweetly kissing. Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024 The two secrets to our shrimp Alfredo recipe are real Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (which is more expensive in the grocery store but leaps and bounds higher in quality and flavor) and two strips of lemon peel. Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024 Fentanyl test strip bill A bipartisan bill to decriminalize drug test strips sailed through the House with near unanimous support, but never got its day in the Senate. Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English strepen, strippen, from Old English -strīepan; akin to Old High German stroufen to strip

Noun

probably alteration of stripe entry 3

First Known Use

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Noun

1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of strip was in the 13th century

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Cite this Entry

“Strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strip. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

strip

1 of 2 verb
stripped ˈstript How to pronounce strip (audio) also stript; stripping
1
a
: to remove clothing, covering, or surface substance from
b
: undress
stripped and showered
c
: plunder entry 1, spoil
troops stripped the town after capturing it
d
: to take away all duties, honors, or special rights
2
a
: to remove a layer that covers : skin, peel
strip bark from a tree
b
: to remove unimportant material from
c
: to remove furniture, equipment, or accessories from
3
: to make bare or clear (as by cutting or grazing)
4
: to tear or damage the screw thread of (as a bolt or nut)
stripper noun

strip

2 of 2 noun
1
: a long narrow piece or area
strips of bacon
a strip of land
2

Medical Definition

strip

transitive verb
stripped ˈstript How to pronounce strip (audio) ; stripping
: to remove (a vein) by means of a stripper
stripping a varicose saphenous vein

Legal Definition

strip

1 of 3 transitive verb
stripped; stripping
: to divide (a debt security) into separately traded securities entitling the owner usually to either principal or interest alone from the obligation

strip

2 of 3 noun
: a security traded separately from another after stripping
specifically : a derivative mortgage-backed security created by the segregation of cash flow from the underlying mortgages or other mortgage-backed securities and entitling the investor to a specified percentage (as 100 percent) of the interest or principal paid

STRIP

3 of 3 noun
plural STRIPs
: a Treasury security that entitles the investor usually to payment of interest or principal exclusively and that is registered in a Federal Reserve bank under a federal program that provides for such separate trading of the components of U.S. Treasury obligations compare zero-coupon bond at bond sense 2
Etymology

Noun

separate trading of registered interest and principal of securities

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