strip meaning and definition

STRIP noun

Definition of strip (noun)

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

STRIP verb

Definition of strip (verb)

1. take away possessions from someone
   • "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
   • synonyms: deprive, divest
2. get undressed
   • "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
   • synonyms: discase, disrobe, peel, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress
   • antonym: apparel
3. remove the surface from
   • "strip wood"
4. remove substances from by a percolating liquid
   • "leach the soil"
   • synonyms: leach
5. lay bare
   • "denude a forest"
   • synonyms: bare, denudate, denude
6. steal goods; take as spoils
   • "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
   • synonyms: despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle
7. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
   • "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
   • synonyms: clean
8. strip the cured leaves from
   • "strip tobacco"
9. remove the thread (of screws)
10. remove a constituent from a liquid
11. take off or remove
    • "strip a wall of its wallpaper"
    • synonyms: dismantle
12. draw the last milk (of cows)
13. 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"
    • synonyms: disinvest, divest, undress