Strip | Mean of strip in English Dictionary

/ˈstrɪp/

• Noun
• a long, narrow piece of something
1. strips of bacon
2. a small strip of cloth/paper
• a long, narrow piece of land
1. a strip of land
2. strips of forest/coastline
3. the half-mile strip of road
• a road that has a lot of shops, restaurants, etc., along it
1. driving along the strip
2. the Las Vegas strip

• the uniform worn by a sports team
1. the team's away strip [=the uniform that the team wears when it is not playing at its home field, stadium, etc.]
• the act of taking your clothes off in a sexually exciting way while someone is watching
1. She did a strip [=striptease] for her husband.
• to talk angrily to (someone who has done something wrong)
1. His dad tore him off a strip for denting the car.
• Verb
• to remove your clothing
1. I stripped for bed.
2. He stripped to the waist. [=he took off all the clothes on his upper body]
3. The prisoners were told to strip naked. [=remove all their clothes]
4. He stripped down to his underwear. [=he took all his clothes off except for his underwear]
5. He stripped himself down to his underwear.
• to take the clothes off (someone)
1. The prisoners were stripped naked.
• to remove your clothing in a sexually exciting way while someone is watching
1. She gets paid to dance and strip at the club.
• to remove an outer covering or surface from something
1. strip the bark from a tree = strip a tree of its bark
2. We are going to strip [=remove] the old wallpaper.
3. They stripped the table and refinished it.
4. Please strip your bed [=remove all the sheets] so I can wash the sheets.
• to remove everything (such as furniture or equipment) from (a room, building, car, etc.)
1. They stripped the room when they left.
2. The building had been completely stripped of its original woodwork.
• to separate (a machine or piece of equipment) into parts for cleaning or repair
1. strip a rifle
2. They stripped down the engine.
• to take (something) away from someone in a forceful way
1. They stripped the slaves of their dignity.
2. Their rights were stripped away.
3. The pageant winner was stripped of her crown/title after the scandal. [=she was forced to give up her crown/title after the scandal]
• to damage part of a screw or gear so that it does not work properly
1. Pushing too hard will strip the screw.
• to remove (something that covers a surface)
1. strip away the bark of a tree
• to remove (unimportant material) from something
1. The editor stripped away repetitive sections of the essay.