Strip - Definition

n 1: a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a
flat strip of muscle"
2: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material [syn:
strip, slip]
3: an airfield without normal airport facilities [syn:
airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, strip]
4: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or
comic book [syn: comic strip, cartoon strip, strip,
funnies]
5: thin piece of wood or metal
6: a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually
undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of
everyone" [syn: strip, striptease, strip show]
v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the
Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, strip,
divest]
2: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!";
"She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
[syn: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip,
strip down, disrobe, peel] [ant: apparel, clothe,
dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, garment, get
dressed, habilitate, raiment, tog]
3: remove the surface from; "strip wood"
4: remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the
soil" [syn: leach, strip]
5: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare,
denudate, strip]
6: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn:
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle,
ransack, pillage, foray]
7: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely;
"The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were
cleaned of apples by the storm" [syn: clean, strip]
8: strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco"
9: remove the thread (of screws)
10: remove a constituent from a liquid
11: take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" [syn:
strip, dismantle]
12: draw the last milk (of cows)
13: 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"
[syn: strip, undress, divest, disinvest]