I. verb
1.
to remove the clothing of
guards stripped and searched the prisoners
Synonyms: denude, disrobe, unclothe, undress
Related Word: doff, peel, take off; bare, denudate, expose, uncover; disfrock, unfrock
Idioms: strip to the buff
Contrasted words: clothe, dress, robe; cover
2.
to take something (as honors, privileges, functions, or trappings) away from
an exiled king now stripped of his power
Synonyms: bankrupt, bare, denudate, denude, deprive, dismantle, disrobe, divest; compare deprive 2
Related Word: bereave; deplenish, disfurnish, ||displenish, dispossess; despoil, rob
Contrasted words: clothe, endow, furnish, grant, vest; install
Antonyms: invest
3.
Synonyms: ravage , depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, pillage, sack, spoliate, waste
4.
Synonyms: skin 2, decorticate, excorticate, peel, scale
II. noun
Synonyms: striptease , stripping
III. noun
1.
a relatively long and narrow piece or section
tear old linen into strips for bandages
Synonyms: band, bandeau, banding, fillet, ribbon, stripe
Related Word: piece; section; segment; shred
2.
Synonyms: bar 1, billet, ingot, rod, slab, stick