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strip

Nouns

• (n) a relatively long narrow piece of something
  • he felt a flat strip of muscle
• (n) artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material slip,
• (n) an airfield without normal airport facilities airstrip, flight strip, landing strip,
• (n) a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book cartoon strip, comic strip, funnies,
• (n) thin piece of wood or metal
• (n) a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
  • she did a strip right in front of everyone
  strip show, striptease,

Verbs

• (v) take away possessions from someone
  • The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
  deprive, divest,
• (v) get undressed
  • please don't undress in front of everybody!
  • She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
  discase, disrobe, strip down, uncase, undress, peel, unclothe,
• (v) remove the surface from
  • strip wood
• (v) remove substances from by a percolating liquid
  • leach the soil
  leach,
• (v) lay bare
  • denude a forest
  denudate, denude, bare,
• (v) steal goods; take as spoils
  • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
  despoil, foray, pillage, ransack, reave, rifle, loot, plunder,
• (v) remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
  • The boys cleaned the sandwich platters
  • The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm
  clean,
• (v) strip the cured leaves from
  • strip tobacco
• (v) remove the thread (of screws)
• (v) remove a constituent from a liquid
• (v) take off or remove
  • strip a wall of its wallpaper
  dismantle,
• (v) draw the last milk (of cows)
• (v) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
  • The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim
  • She divested herself of her outdoor clothes
  • He disinvested himself of his garments
  undress, disinvest, divest,

Synonyms

deprive divest slip discase disrobe strip down uncase undress peel unclothe airstrip flight strip landing strip cartoon strip comic strip funnies leach denudate denude bare despoil foray pillage ransack reave rifle loot plunder strip show striptease clean dismantle disinvest

Antonyms

apparel clothe enclothe garb garment raiment tog dress fit out habilitate get dressed

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