strip
♦ strip /str'ɪp/ (strips stripping stripped)
1 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it.
...a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them...
Serve dish with strips of fresh raw vegetables.
2 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A strip of land or water is a long narrow area of it.
The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains.
...a short boat ride across a narrow strip of water.
= stretch
3 [N-COUNT]
A strip is a long street in a city or town, where there are a lot of stores, restaurants, and hotels. (AM)
...Goff's Charcoal Hamburgers on Lover's Lane, a busy commercial strip in North Dallas.
4 [VERB] V, V adj
If you strip, you take off your clothes.
They stripped completely, and lay in the damp grass...
Women residents stripped naked in protest.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
Strip off means the same as strip.
The children were brazenly stripping off and leaping into the sea.
5 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If someone is stripped, their clothes are taken off by another person, for example in order to search for hidden or illegal things.
One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped and beaten.
see also strip-search
6 [VERB] V n, V n
To strip something means to remove everything that covers it.
After Mike left for work I stripped the beds and vacuumed the carpets...
The floorboards in both this room and the dining room have been stripped, sanded and sealed.
7 [VERB] V n
If you strip an engine or a piece of equipment, you take it to pieces so that it can be cleaned or repaired.
Volvo's three-man team stripped the car and restored it.
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
Strip down means the same as strip.
In five years I had to strip the water pump down four times...
I stripped down the two SU carburettors, cleaned and polished the pieces and rebuilt the units.
8 [VERB] be V-ed of n, also V n of n
To strip someone of their property, rights, or titles means to take those things away from them.
A senior official was stripped of all his privileges for publicly criticising his employer.
9 [N-COUNT]
In a newspaper or magazine, a strip is a series of drawings which tell a story. The words spoken by the characters are often written on the drawings. (AM)
...the Doonesbury strip.
10
see also landing stripcar|toon strip (cartoon strips)
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A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story. (mainly BRIT)
= strip cartooncom|ic strip (comic strips)
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A comic strip is a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.land|ing strip (landing strips)
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A landing strip is a long flat piece of land from which aircraft can take off and land, especially one used only by private or military aircraft.me|dian strip (median strips)
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The median strip is the strip of ground, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a major road. (AM; in BRIT, use central reservation)strip away
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
To strip away something, especially something that hides the true nature of a thing, means to remove it completely.
Altman strips away the pretence and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P from n
To strip away a layer of something means to remove it completely.
Sensitive Cream will not strip away the skin's protective layer...
She'd managed to strip the bloodied rags away from Nellie's body.strip car|toon (strip cartoons)
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A strip cartoon is the same as a comic strip. (BRIT)strip club (strip clubs)
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A strip club is a club which people go to in order to see striptease.strip down
see strip 7strip joint (strip joints)
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A strip joint is the same as a strip club. (INFORMAL)strip light (strip lights)
also strip-light
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A strip light is an electric light in the form of a long tube. (BRIT)strip light|ing
also strip-lighting
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Strip lighting is a method of lighting which uses long tubes rather than light bulbs. (BRIT)
Other causes of migraine are VDU screens and strip-lighting.strip mine (strip mines)
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A strip mine is a mine in which the coal, metal, or mineral is near the surface, and so underground passages are not needed. (AM; in BRIT, use opencast mine)strip min|ing
also strip-mining
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Strip mining is a method of mining that is used when a mineral is near the surface and underground passages are not needed. (AM; in BRIT, use opencast mining)strip off
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you strip off your clothes, you take them off.
He stripped off his wet clothes and stepped into the shower.
see also strip 4
1 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it.
...a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them...
Serve dish with strips of fresh raw vegetables.
2 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
A strip of land or water is a long narrow area of it.
The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains.
...a short boat ride across a narrow strip of water.
= stretch
3 [N-COUNT]
A strip is a long street in a city or town, where there are a lot of stores, restaurants, and hotels. (AM)
...Goff's Charcoal Hamburgers on Lover's Lane, a busy commercial strip in North Dallas.
4 [VERB] V, V adj
If you strip, you take off your clothes.
They stripped completely, and lay in the damp grass...
Women residents stripped naked in protest.
[PHRASAL VERB] V P
Strip off means the same as strip.
The children were brazenly stripping off and leaping into the sea.
5 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If someone is stripped, their clothes are taken off by another person, for example in order to search for hidden or illegal things.
One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped and beaten.
see also strip-search
6 [VERB] V n, V n
To strip something means to remove everything that covers it.
After Mike left for work I stripped the beds and vacuumed the carpets...
The floorboards in both this room and the dining room have been stripped, sanded and sealed.
7 [VERB] V n
If you strip an engine or a piece of equipment, you take it to pieces so that it can be cleaned or repaired.
Volvo's three-man team stripped the car and restored it.
[PHRASAL VERB] V n P, V P n (not pron)
Strip down means the same as strip.
In five years I had to strip the water pump down four times...
I stripped down the two SU carburettors, cleaned and polished the pieces and rebuilt the units.
8 [VERB] be V-ed of n, also V n of n
To strip someone of their property, rights, or titles means to take those things away from them.
A senior official was stripped of all his privileges for publicly criticising his employer.
9 [N-COUNT]
In a newspaper or magazine, a strip is a series of drawings which tell a story. The words spoken by the characters are often written on the drawings. (AM)
...the Doonesbury strip.
10
see also landing stripcar|toon strip (cartoon strips)
[N-COUNT]
A cartoon strip is a series of drawings that tells a story. (mainly BRIT)
= strip cartooncom|ic strip (comic strips)
[N-COUNT]
A comic strip is a series of drawings that tell a story, especially in a newspaper or magazine.land|ing strip (landing strips)
[N-COUNT]
A landing strip is a long flat piece of land from which aircraft can take off and land, especially one used only by private or military aircraft.me|dian strip (median strips)
[N-COUNT]
The median strip is the strip of ground, often covered with grass, that separates the two sides of a major road. (AM; in BRIT, use central reservation)strip away
1 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
To strip away something, especially something that hides the true nature of a thing, means to remove it completely.
Altman strips away the pretence and mythology to expose the film industry as a business like any other.
2 [PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V n P from n
To strip away a layer of something means to remove it completely.
Sensitive Cream will not strip away the skin's protective layer...
She'd managed to strip the bloodied rags away from Nellie's body.strip car|toon (strip cartoons)
[N-COUNT]
A strip cartoon is the same as a comic strip. (BRIT)strip club (strip clubs)
[N-COUNT]
A strip club is a club which people go to in order to see striptease.strip down
see strip 7strip joint (strip joints)
[N-COUNT]
A strip joint is the same as a strip club. (INFORMAL)strip light (strip lights)
also strip-light
[N-COUNT]
A strip light is an electric light in the form of a long tube. (BRIT)strip light|ing
also strip-lighting
[N-UNCOUNT]
Strip lighting is a method of lighting which uses long tubes rather than light bulbs. (BRIT)
Other causes of migraine are VDU screens and strip-lighting.strip mine (strip mines)
[N-COUNT]
A strip mine is a mine in which the coal, metal, or mineral is near the surface, and so underground passages are not needed. (AM; in BRIT, use opencast mine)strip min|ing
also strip-mining
[N-UNCOUNT]
Strip mining is a method of mining that is used when a mineral is near the surface and underground passages are not needed. (AM; in BRIT, use opencast mining)strip off
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron)
If you strip off your clothes, you take them off.
He stripped off his wet clothes and stepped into the shower.
see also strip 4