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strip1

 
pronunciation:
strIp
parts of speech:
transitive verb, intransitive verb
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part of speech: transitive verb
inflections: strips, stripping, stripped
definition 1: to remove the outer covering or clothing from (something).
She stripped the table of its old paint before staining it.He stripped the walls of his room of all his old posters.
synonyms:
denude, unclothe, undress
antonyms:
clothe, dress
similar words:
bare, disrobe, divest, flake, flay, hull, husk, pare, peel, remove, scrape, shuck, skin
definition 2: to remove (an outside layer or covering) from something.
What product are you using to strip the paint?I read that shampoo strips the oil from your hair.
definition 3: to deprive; divest.
The court will strip the company of its assets.
synonyms:
deprive, divest
antonyms:
confer, invest, vest
similar words:
dispossess, expose, expropriate, rob
definition 4: to dismantle (something) piecemeal.
synonyms:
dismantle
antonyms:
assemble
similar words:
disassemble, take apart
definition 5: to clear out completely.
The thieves stripped the house of its furniture.
synonyms:
clear out
similar words:
burglarize, clean out, despoil, gut, loot, plunder, raid, ransack, rob, sack
 
part of speech: intransitive verb
definition 1: to strip an object.
There is wallpaper on the walls, so we'll strip first and then paint.
definition 2: to remove all or most of one's clothing.
The patient stripped and put on a hospital gown.The men stripped down to their underwear and jumped into the river for a swim.
synonyms:
disrobe, undress
antonyms:
dress
similar words:
striptease
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