strip

noun

1. a relatively long narrow piece of something

- he felt a flat strip of muscle

Definition categories: object, part, piece

2. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

Similar word(s): slip

Definition categories: man–made, artefact, artifact

3. an airfield without normal airport facilities

Similar word(s): airstrip

Definition categories: man–made, airfield, field

4. a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

Similar word(s): funnies

Definition categories: communication, cartoon, sketch

5. thin piece of wood or metal

Definition categories: man–made, lumber, timber

6. a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music

- she did a strip right in front of everyone

Similar word(s): striptease

Definition categories: act

verb

1. take away possessions from someone

- The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets

Similar word(s): deprive, divest

Definition categories: possession, take

2. get undressed

- She strips in front of strangers every night for a living

Similar word(s): discase, disrobe, peel, uncase, unclothe, undress

Definition categories: body

3. remove the surface from

- strip wood

Definition categories: contact, remove, take, withdraw

4. remove substances from by a percolating liquid

Similar word(s): leach

Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw

5. lay bare

Similar word(s): bare, denudate, denude

Definition categories: change, clear

6. steal goods; take as spoils

Similar word(s): despoil, foray, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, reave, rifle

Definition categories: possession, take

7. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

Similar word(s): clean

Definition categories: contact, remove, take, withdraw

8. strip the cured leaves from

- strip tobacco

Definition categories: contact, remove, take, withdraw

9. remove the thread (of screws)

Definition categories: change, smooth, smoothen

10. remove a constituent from a liquid

Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw

11. take off or remove

- strip a wall of its wallpaper

Similar word(s): dismantle

Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw

12. draw the last milk (of cows)

Definition categories: change, milk

13. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

Similar word(s): disinvest, divest, undress

Definition categories: change, remove, take, withdraw