1. to deprive of covering: Strip the peel off that orange.
2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked: They stripped him and gave him new clothes befitting his station.
3. to take away or remove: I need to strip the sheets from the bed and wash them.
4. to deprive or divest: The lightning stripped the tree of its bark.The organization will strip him of all privileges.
5. to clear out or empty: Thieves may strip a house of all its contents.
6. to deprive of equipment; dismantle: If we strip the ship of rigging, we can repair it.
7. to dispossess, rob, or plunder: The highwaymen stripped the man of his possessions.
8. to remove varnish, paint, wax, or the like from: The wood should be stripped and then refinished.
9. to separate the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco).
10. to remove the midrib, as from tobacco leaves.
11. to break off the thread of (a screw, bolt, etc.) or the teeth of (a gear), as by applying too much force.
12. to remove the mold from (an ingot).
13. to draw the last milk from (a cow), especially by a stroking and compressing movement.
14. to draw out (milk) in this manner.
15. to remove (the emulsion from a film base) in order to place it on a glass plate for exposure to the metal plate.
16. Textiles.
• to clean (a carding roller) by removing waste fibers.
• to transfer (fibers) from one carding roller to another.
• to remove (color) from a cloth or yarn in order to redye it another color.
• to remove color from (a cloth or yarn).
17. to lead successively winning cards from (a hand) in order to dispose of as many cards as necessary preparatory to surrendering the lead to an opponent so that any card the opponent plays will be to their disadvantage.
18. to strip-mine.
19. to remove the most volatile components from, as by distillation or evaporation.
20. to split (a bond) for selling separately as a principal certificate and as interest coupons.
21. to remove (a vein) by pulling it inside out through a small incision, using a long, hooked instrument.

22. to strip something: They do not contain harsh detergents, such as sulfates, that can irritate, strip or dehydrate.When dealing with furniture stain, I always strip as gently as possible.
23. to remove one's clothes.
24. to perform a striptease.
25. to become stripped: Bananas strip easily.

26. a striptease.

1. a narrow piece, comparatively long and usually of uniform width: a strip of cloth, metal, land, etc.
2. a continuous series of drawings or pictures illustrating incidents, conversation, etc., as a comic strip.
3. Aeronautics.
• an airstrip; runway.
• landing strip.
4. three or more stamps joined either in a horizontal or vertical row.
5. striplight.
6. a road, street, or avenue, usually in a city or a main thoroughfare between outlying suburbs, densely lined on both sides by a large variety of retail stores, gas stations, restaurants, bars, etc.: Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.
7. strip steak.
8. drag strip.

9. to cut, tear, or form into strips.
10. to combine (a piece of film) with another, especially for making a combination plate of lines and halftones.
11. to broadcast (a television series) in multiple related segments, as daily from Monday through Friday.

1. to take or pull (the covering, clothes, etc) off (oneself, another person, or thing)
2. (intr)
• to remove all one's clothes
• to perform a striptease
3. to denude or empty completely
4. to deprive
5. to rob or plunder
6. to remove (paint, varnish, etc) from (a surface, furniture, etc) by sanding, with a solvent, etc
7. to pull out the old coat of hair from (dogs of certain long- and wire-haired breeds)
• to remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, etc)
• to separate the two sides of a leaf from the stem of (tobacco, etc)
9. to draw the last milk from each of the teats of (a cow)
10. to dismantle (an engine, mechanism, etc)
11. to tear off or break (the thread) from (a screw, bolt, etc) or (the teeth) from (a gear)
12. to remove the accessories from (a motor vehicle)
13. to remove (the most volatile constituent) from (a mixture of liquids) by boiling, evaporation, or distillation
14. to combine (pieces of film or paper) to form a composite sheet from which a plate can be made
15. (in freight transport) to unpack (a container)

16. the act or an instance of undressing or of performing a striptease

1. a relatively long, flat, narrow piece of something
2. short for airstrip
3. a horizontal or vertical row of three or more unseparated postage stamps
4. the clothes worn by the members of a team, esp a football team
5. a triple option on a security or commodity consisting of one call option and two put options at the same price and for the same period
6. NZ short for dosing strip
7. to rebuke (someone) angrily

8. to cut or divide into strips

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