stripe

(noun, verb)

noun

1. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

Similar word(s): band, banding

Definition categories: man–made, adornment

2. a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service

Definition categories: communication, badge

3. V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

- they earned their stripes in Kuwait

Similar word(s): chevron, stripes

Definition categories: communication, badge

4. a kind or category

- businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal

Definition categories: thought, form, kind, sort, variety

5. a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

- a green toad with small black stripes or bars

- may the Stars and Stripes forever wave

Similar word(s): bar, streak

Definition categories: attribute, marking

Sentences with stripe as a noun:

- persons of the same political stripe

verb

1. mark with stripes

Definition categories: contact, mark