I. ˈstrip verb
( stripped ˈstript ; also stript ; strip·ping )
Etymology: Middle English strepen, strippen, from Old English -strīepan; 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 ˈstri-pə-bəl adjective
II. noun
Etymology: probably alteration of stripe (III)
Date: 1548
1.
a. : a long narrow piece of a material
b. : a long narrow area of land or water
2. : airstrip
3. : a commercially developed area especially along a highway
4. : comic strip
5. : striptease