noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Stars and Stripes, the
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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In the Grevy's zebra there is a bold black central stripe surrounded by a bleached-out white area.
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I picked the one with red and black stripes .
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The black and white stripes of the skunks act as a powerful deterrent, even from a great distance.
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Diminutive body, pink puffed sleeves, dress a criss-cross of black stripes .
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It also has a black eye stripe and one at the rear.
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This species has handsomely black with yellow stripes .
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One woman, her back to us, wears bright yellow; black stripes encircle buttock, hipbone.
blue
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The blue stripes show the pattern rows, the orange background rows.
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In addition there are two horizontal blue stripes on the head, one passing through the eye the other below it.
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Colour: Its body is predominantly white and has horizontal blue stripes towards the underside which is yellow.
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Carefully draw on thick blue stripes .
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But she turned out black and white with a bright blue stripe running down each wing.
dark
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For most experimental purposes spatial variations occur in only one dimension so that the stimuli appear as light and dark stripes .
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The pattern of seven dark horizontal stripes on a light background is not fully evident in juvenile specimens.
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Smaller than Levant Sparrowhawk, with pale cheeks, pale tail and brown on neck. Dark throat stripe like immature Levant.
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The caudal, dorsal and pectoral fins are marked with darker stripes .
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A grating is a set of tight and dark stripes , usually of equal width.
horizontal
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Bees, thus, actively approach horizontal stripes and avoid vertical ones, suggesting that there are two or more independent channels.
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In addition there are two horizontal blue stripes on the head, one passing through the eye the other below it.
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Colour: Its body is predominantly white and has horizontal blue stripes towards the underside which is yellow.
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The pattern of seven dark horizontal stripes on a light background is not fully evident in juvenile specimens.
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The stripey is marked with black and yellow-gold horizontal stripes .
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Behind the head it displays horizontal stripes .
red
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He made off, with the other man, in a silver metro type car with distinctive red stripes .
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I picked the one with red and black stripes .
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The ribbon cable normally has a red stripe marking line 1.
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Gala: Yellow skin with bright red stripes .
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On their feet both men and women wear half-length boots of yellow calfskin trimmed with a red stripe on the turned-down uppers.
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Police donned a black version, accented with a red stripe down the front.
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It was a little larger than any of the others and a red stripe had been painted across the length of its shell.
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The red stripes on the overall's outer seams had long faded to a dull purple.
vertical
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Thin vertical stripes and a drawstring waist make this divided dress ideal for the fuller figure.
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The upper surface of the blades is brown-green or olive, sometimes with horizontal or vertical red-brown stripes .
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Perhaps so, but if this is the case, why should vertical stripes be selected as the particular zebra pattern?
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Many of these would produce the vertical projecting stripes that ran down the four faces of the building.
white
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Black over-tunics, with a fine white stripe , and black shirt with wide white ties.
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The double white stripe is for show, as are the two parking meters.
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The leaves are almost white with green stripes and are held in elegant fans.
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On his feet, sticking out of faded Carlina-blue jeans, are two soft black shoes with white stripes .
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The black and white stripes of the skunks act as a powerful deterrent, even from a great distance.
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The old light blue trousers with white leg stripes could be worn with both the four-pocket blue blouse and the khaki version.
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The jaws opened wider and they could see the teeth, glimmering white as the stripes along the head.
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The white coat was worn with white trousers, without additional white stripes .
yellow
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It has violet flowers with yellow stripes inside the tube.
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This species has handsomely black with yellow stripes .
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The wallpaper was purple and yellow and green stripes ... But the dream had vanished.
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He was sheathed in a blue body stocking which had yellow stripes running from his armpits to his ankles.
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It is a small species with a distinctive yellow stripe down its back.
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Leaves are stiff and thick, light to dark green, and crossed by yellow stripes in some species.
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This fish is dark brown or black with gold or yellow stripes .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a sergeant's stripes
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He was wearing a grey suit with narrow blue stripes.
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My horse had a big white stripe down the middle of his nose.
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The American flag has red and white stripes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He lined up the reds and whites into stripes, then got the blues into their square.
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He made off, with the other man, in a silver metro type car with distinctive red stripes.
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He was sheathed in a blue body stocking which had yellow stripes running from his armpits to his ankles.
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I put on a dark grey suit with a fine stripe , a grey woollen tie and a soft white shirt.
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If there isn't a false cornice or cove, form one by painting a stripe or two immediately under the ceiling.
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Some 500 details of people's credit card magnetic stripes were found on computers.
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The other, facing us, wears aqua, four thin black stripes low on her hips.
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Then Kathleen, in a purple silk dress with black stripes, a black hat, and black shoes.