strip

strip1 [ strıp ] verb **

1. ) intransitive or transitive to take off all your clothes or another person's clothes:

They all stripped and ran into the water.

Josh was stripped to the waist (=naked above the waist).

strip naked: The soldiers were forced to strip naked in freezing temperatures.

a ) intransitive to take off your clothes as entertainment:

She made money stripping in bars.

2. ) transitive to remove something that covers something:

We spent the weekend stripping wallpaper.

strip something off/from something: The wind had stripped the leaves from the trees.

a ) to remove sheets and other covers from a bed

3. ) transitive to take something such as a machine apart

4. ) transitive to take something away using force or authority:

strip someone of something: They stripped the prisoners of weapons and cash.

a ) to remove everything useful from a room or vehicle:

Thieves had stripped the car when police found it.

,strip a`way phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to remove something that covers something:

Take care when stripping away old paint.

2. ) to remove unnecessary things that hide what something is really like:

Strip away the jargon, and these ideas are just the same as the old ones.

,strip `down phrasal verb transitive

1. ) to remove all or most of your clothes:

strip down to: He stripped down to his underwear.

2. ) to take something such as a machine apart:

She completely stripped down the engine.

strip

strip 2 [ strıp ] noun **

1. ) count a piece of something such as cloth, paper, or grass that is much longer than it is wide:

a strip of tape

Cut the turkey into strips.

a ) a long narrow area of land:

The airport is built on a low-lying strip of land.

2. ) singular a type of entertainment in which someone takes off their clothes: STRIPTEASE

3. ) count a COMIC STRIP

4. ) count BRITISH a UNIFORM worn by the players in a team