strip
strip [strip strips stripped stripping] verb, noun BrE [strɪp] NAmE [strɪp]
verb (-pp-)
TAKE OFF CLOTHES
1. intransitive, transitive to take off all or most of your clothes or another person's clothes
Syn: ↑undress
• I stripped and washed myself all over.
• They ordered us to strip and lie down on the grass.
•~ down to sth She stripped down to her underwear.
•~ (sth) off We stripped off and ran down to the water.
•She stripped off her clothes and got into bed.
•~ sb (to sth) He stood there stripped to the waist (= he had no clothes on the upper part of his body).
•~ sb + adj. He was stripped naked and left in a cell.
2. intransitive to take off your clothes as a form of entertainment; to perform a ↑striptease
REMOVE LAYER
3. transitive to remove a layer from sth, especially so that it is completely exposed
•~ sth (off) Strip off all the existing paint.
• After the guests had gone, I stripped all the beds (= removed all the sheets in order to wash them).
•~ A off/from B Deer had stripped all the bark off the tree.
•~ B of A Deer had stripped the tree of its bark.
REMOVE EVERYTHING
4. transitive to remove all the things from a place and leave it empty
•~ sth (out) We had to strip out all the old wiring and start again.
•~ sth + adj. Thieves had stripped the house bare.
MACHINE
5. transitive ~ sth (down) to separate a machine, etc. into parts so that they can be cleaned or repaired
Syn: ↑dismantle
•He strips and cleans his rifle every morning.
•They taught us how to strip down a car engine and put it back together again.
PUNISHMENT
6. transitive ~ sb of sth to take away property or honours from sb, as a punishment
•He was disgraced and stripped of his title.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
n. senses 3 to 4 and v. Middle English Germanic Dutch stropen late 20th cent.n. senses 1 to 2 and n. senses 5 to 6 late Middle English Middle Low German strippe ‘strap, thong’ ↑stripe
Thesaurus:
strip verb I, T
•He was stripped naked and left in a cell.
undress • • get undressed • • take sth off • |written remove •
Opp: dress, Opp: get dressed
strip off/take off/remove your clothes/jacket/coat/shirt/sweater/jeans/gloves
Strip or undress? To strip is a quicker and less gentle action: a guard might order a prisoner to strip; a doctor would ask a patient to undress or take off their clothes.
Example Bank:
•He stripped off his shirt.
•He stripped to the waist and began to dig.
•Office workers stripped down to their shirtsleeves in the heatwave.
•Strip out any damaged wiring.
•The bark is stripped from the trees by hand.
•The president had been completely stripped of power.
•The room had been stripped bare by the thieves.
•We stripped all the paint off the walls.
•We stripped off and went for a swim.
•After the guests had gone, I stripped all the beds.
•He stood there stripped to the waist.
Derived: ↑strip something away
noun
LONG, NARROW PIECE
1. a long narrow piece of paper, metal, cloth, etc
•a strip of material
• Cut the meat into strips.
see also ↑rumble strip
2. a long narrow area of land, sea, etc
•the Gaza Strip
•a tiny strip of garden
• The islands are separated by a narrow strip of water.
see also ↑airstrip, ↑landing strip
OF SPORTS TEAM
3. usually singular (BrE) (NAmE uniform)the uniform that is worn by the members of a sports team when they are playing
•Juventus in their famous black and white strip
•the team's away strip (= that they use when playing games away from home)
TAKING CLOTHES OFF
4. usually singular an act of taking your clothes off, especially in a sexually exciting way and in front of an audience
•to do a strip
•a strip show
see also ↑striptease
STREET
5. (NAmE)a street that has many shops, stores, restaurants, etc. along it
•Sunset Strip
PICTURE STORY
6. (NAmE) = ↑comic strip
see tear sb off a strip/tear a strip off sb at ↑tear 1 v.
Word Origin:
n. senses 3 to 4 and v. Middle English Germanic Dutch stropen late 20th cent.n. senses 1 to 2 and n. senses 5 to 6 late Middle English Middle Low German strippe ‘strap, thong’ ↑stripe
Thesaurus:
strip noun C
•Cut a strip of paper.
band • • ribbon • • stripe •
a strip/band/ribbon of sth
a narrow/broad strip/band/ribbon/stripe
a wide strip/band/ribbon
a horizontal/vertical strip/band/stripe
Example Bank:
•The kit contains five test strips.
•The wallpaper can then be torn off in strips.
•This aircraft requires a good-sized landing strip.
•a card with a magnetic strip on the back
•a narrow strip of leather
•grilled chicken strips
•Cut a strip of paper 12cm wide.
•His hands were tied behind his back with a strip of fabric.
See also: ↑uniform
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