strip
verb
[ strɪp ]
• remove all coverings from.
• "they stripped the bed"
• leave bare of accessories or fittings.
• "thieves stripped the room of luggage"
Similar:
empty,
clear,
clean out,
plunder,
rob,
burgle,
loot,
rifle,
pillage,
ransack,
gut,
lay bare,
devastate,
sack,
ravage,
raid,
despoil,
spoil,
reave,
• deprive someone of (rank, power, or property).
• "the lieutenant was stripped of his rank"
• sell off (the assets of a company) for profit.
• tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.).
• (of a bullet) be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface.
strip
noun
• an act of undressing, especially in a striptease.
• "she got drunk and did a strip on top of the piano"
• the identifying outfit worn by the members of a sports team while playing.
• "the team's away strip is a garish mix of red, white, and blue"
Similar:
outfit,
clothes,
clothing,
garments,
costume,
suit,
dress,
garb,
kit,
gear,
get-up,
rig-out,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stropen . strip1 (sense 2 of the noun) arose in the late 20th century, possibly from the notion of clothing to which a player ‘strips’ down.
strip
noun
• a long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material.
• "a strip of linen"
Similar:
narrow piece,
piece,
bit,
band,
belt,
ribbon,
sash,
stripe,
bar,
swathe,
slip,
fillet,
shred,
• a comic strip.
• "a strip cartoon"
• a programme broadcast regularly at the same time.
• "he hosts a weekly two-hour advice strip"
Origin:
late Middle English: from or related to Middle Low German strippe ‘strap, thong’, probably also to stripe.
