Search results for 'strip':

strip¹ verb (stripped , stripping) 1 to remove (a covering, wallpaper, etc) by peeling or pulling it off • usually strip the beds on Mondays. 2 to remove the surface or contents of something • stripped the varnish. 3 intrans to take one's clothes off. 4 to take to pieces; to dismantle • stripped the engine. 5 colloq to rob • Burglars had stripped the place clean. 6 to skin, peel or husk. 7 to squeeze the last drops of milk from (a cow's udder). 8 to remove the leaves from (a stalk). 9 chem to remove a constituent from (a substance) by boiling, distillation, etc. 10 to break the thread (of a screw) or the tooth (of a gear), etc. 11 to unload (especially a container or lorry). noun 1 an act of undressing. 2 a striptease performance. stripped adj • stripped pine. stripping noun.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon strypan.

strip² noun 1 a a long narrow, usually flat, piece of material, paper, land, etc; b as adj • strip light; c in compounds • airstrip • landing-strip. 2 sport lightweight distinctive clothing that is worn by a team • Aberdeen's home strip is red. tear a strip off someone to reprimand them severely and often angrily.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from German strippe a strap.