I.
noun
1 long, narrow piece
ADJECTIVE
▪ long
▪ narrow , thin , tiny
▪ thick , wide
▪
Cut the meat into thick ~s.
▪ plastic
▪ magnetic
▪
a card with a magnetic ~ on the back
▪ chicken ( esp. AmE )
▪
grilled chicken ~s
▪ test
▪
The kit contains five test ~s.
▪ rumble ( BrE )
▪
The road has speed bumps, crash barriers and rumble ~s.
▪ coastal
▪ landing
▪
This aircraft requires a good-sized landing ~.
STRIP + NOUN
▪ steak ( AmE )
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~s
▪
The wallpaper can then be torn off in ~s.
▪ ~ of
▪
a narrow ~ of leather
PHRASES
▪ cut sth into ~s , tear sth into ~s
2 taking clothes off
STRIP + NOUN
▪ bar , club , joint ( esp. AmE )
▪ show
▪ poker
▪ search
II.
verb
1 take off your/sb's clothes
PREPOSITION
▪ off
▪
We stripped off and went for a swim.
▪ (down) to
▪
Office workers stripped down to their shirtsleeves in the heatwave.
PHRASES
▪ ~ (sb) naked
▪
He was stripped naked and left alone in a cell.
▪ ~ to the waist
▪
He stripped to the waist and began to dig.
2 take sth away
ADVERB
▪ completely
▪ away , off , out
▪
Strip out any damaged wiring.
PREPOSITION
▪ from
▪
The bark is stripped from the trees by hand.
▪ of
▪
The president had been completely stripped of power.
▪ off
▪
We stripped all the paint off the walls.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sth bare
▪
The room had been stripped bare by the thieves.
Strip is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ bark , ↑ bed , ↑ flesh , ↑ paint , ↑ varnish , ↑ veneer , ↑ wallpaper