n.
Pronunciation: ' strip
Function: verb
Inflected Form: stripped \ ' stript \ also stript ; strip · ping
Etymology: Middle English strepen, strippen, from Old English -str ī epan; akin to Old High German stroufen to strip
Date: 13th century
transitive verb
1 a : to remove clothing, covering, or surface matter from b : to deprive of possessions c : to divest of honors, privileges, or functions
2 a : to remove extraneous or superficial matter from <a prose style stripped to the bones> b : to remove furniture, equipment, or accessories from < strip a ship for action>
3 : to make bare or clear (as by cutting or grazing)
4 : to finish a milking of by pressing the last available milk from the teats < strip a cow>
5 a : to remove cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) b : to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)
6 : to tear or damage the thread of (a separable part or fitting)
7 : to separate (components) from a mixture or solution
8 : to press eggs or milt out of (a fish)
9 : to remove (a subcutaneous vein) by means of a surgical instrument < stripping a varicose saphenous vein>
intransitive verb
1 a : to take off clothes b : to perform a striptease
2 : PEEL 1
– strip · pa · ble \ ' stri-p ə -b ə l \ adjective