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strip in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. an airfield without normal airport facilities
    airstrip  flight strip  landing strip  strip 
  2. a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
    comic strip  cartoon strip  strip  funnies 
  3. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
    strip  slip 
  4. a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
    "she did a strip right in front of everyone"
    strip  striptease  strip show 
  5. thin piece of wood or metal
    strip 
  6. a relatively long narrow piece of something
    "he felt a flat strip of muscle"
    strip 
verb
  1. lay bare
    "denude a forest"
    denude  bare  denudate  strip 
  2. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
    "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
    clean  strip 
  3. take away possessions from someone
    "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
    deprive  strip  divest 
  4. steal goods; take as spoils
    "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
    plunder  despoil  loot  reave  strip  rifle  ransack  pillage  foray 
  5. get undressed
    "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
    undress  discase  uncase  unclothe  strip  strip down  disrobe  peel 
  6. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
    "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
    strip  undress  divest  disinvest 
  7. take off or remove
    "strip a wall of its wallpaper"
    strip  dismantle 
  8. remove substances from by a percolating liquid
    "leach the soil"
    leach  strip 
  9. draw the last milk (of cows)
    strip 
  10. remove a constituent from a liquid
    strip 
  11. remove the thread (of screws)
    strip 
  12. remove the surface from
    "strip wood"
    strip 
  13. strip the cured leaves from
    "strip tobacco"
    strip 
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