Definitions for stripstrɪp

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

stripstrɪp(v.)stripped; stript, strip•ping

(v.t.)to deprive of covering:
to strip a fruit of its rind.
to deprive of clothing.
to remove:
to strip sheets from a bed.
to deprive; divest:
stripped of one's rights.
to clear out; empty:
to strip a house of its contents.
to deprive of equipment or possessions.
to remove varnish, paint, wax, or the like from.
Category: Common Vocabulary
to separate the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco).
Category: Agriculture
to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
Category: Agriculture
to shear or damage the thread or the teeth of:
to strip gears.
Category: Machinery
to draw the last milk from (a cow), esp. by a stroking and compressing movement.
Category: Animal Husbandry
to remove (color) from a cloth or yarn.
Category: Textiles
Chem. to remove the most volatile components from, as by distillation or evaporation.
Category: Chemistry
(v.i.)to remove one's clothes.
to perform a striptease.
to become stripped.
Ref: striptease.

Origin of strip:

1175–1225; ME strippen, earlier stripen, strepen, strupen

strip′pa•ble(adj.)

stripstrɪp(n.; v.)stripped, strip•ping.

(n.)a long narrow piece of material.
a narrow expanse of water or land.
Category: Fine Arts
Ref: comic strip.
an airstrip; runway.
Category: Aeronautics
an area of commercial development along a thoroughfare.
Ref: drag strip.
(v.t.)to cut, tear, or form into strips.

Origin of strip:

1425–75; late ME, c. or < MLG strippe strap; see stripe1

Princeton's WordNet

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

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

strip(verb)ɪp
to take your clothes off
The guards told him to strip.; He stripped his clothes off.
stripɪp
to pull the top layer off of sth
The beaver strips the bark from the tree.; First strip the old paint.
stripɪp
to remove or steal everything from inside sth
Thieves stripped the museum of its WWII artifacts.; We stripped the kitchen and started again.
stripɪp
to take away a right, privilege, or responsibility
citizens stripped of their civil rights; They stripped her of her official title.
strip(noun)ɪp
a long, narrow, flat piece of sth
strips of colored paper
stripɪp
a long narrow area of land, water, etc.
an empty strip of beach
stripɪp
a street with many stores or businesses on it
the Las Vegas strip

Webster Dictionary

Strip(verb)
to deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark
Strip(verb)
to divest of clothing; to uncover
Strip(verb)
to dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc
Strip(verb)
to pare off the surface of, as land, in strips
Strip(verb)
to deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow
Strip(verb)
to pass; to get clear of; to outstrip
Strip(verb)
to pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses
Strip(verb)
to tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped
Strip(verb)
to tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped
Strip(verb)
to remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action
Strip(verb)
to remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged
Strip(verb)
to pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)
Strip(verb)
to take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress
Strip(verb)
to fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8
Strip(noun)
a narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land
Strip(noun)
a trough for washing ore
Strip(noun)
the issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion