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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Strip \Strip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stripped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stripping}.] [OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str?pan in bestr?pan to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen.] 1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark. [1913 Webster] And strippen her out of her rude array. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] They stripped Joseph out of his coat. --Gen. xxxvii. 23. [1913 Webster] Opinions which . . . no clergyman could have avowed without imminent risk of being stripped of his gown. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. To divest of clothing; to uncover. [1913 Webster] Before the folk herself strippeth she. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Strip your sword stark naked. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. (Agric.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips. [1913 Webster] 5. To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow. [1913 Webster] 6. To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When first they stripped the Malean promontory. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Before he reached it he was out of breath, And then the other stripped him. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] 7. To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses. [1913 Webster] To strip bad habits from a corrupted heart, is stripping off the skin. --Gilpin. [1913 Webster] 8. (Mach.) (a) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped. (b) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped. [1913 Webster] 9. To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action. [1913 Webster] 10. (Carding) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged. [1913 Webster] 11. To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves). [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Strip \Strip\, v. i. 1. To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mach.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See {Strip}, v. t., 8. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Strip \Strip\, n. 1. A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A trough for washing ore. [1913 Webster] 3. (Gunnery) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion. --Farrow. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: strip n 1: a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle" 2: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material [syn: {strip}, {slip}] 3: an airfield without normal airport facilities [syn: {airstrip}, {flight strip}, {landing strip}, {strip}] 4: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book [syn: {comic strip}, {cartoon strip}, {strip}, {funnies}] 5: thin piece of wood or metal 6: a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone" [syn: {strip}, {striptease}, {strip show}] v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets" [syn: {deprive}, {strip}, {divest}] 2: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living" [syn: {undress}, {discase}, {uncase}, {unclothe}, {strip}, {strip down}, {disrobe}, {peel}] [ant: {apparel}, {clothe}, {dress}, {enclothe}, {fit out}, {garb}, {garment}, {get dressed}, {habilitate}, {raiment}, {tog}] 3: remove the surface from; "strip wood" 4: remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil" [syn: {leach}, {strip}] 5: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: {denude}, {bare}, {denudate}, {strip}] 6: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn: {plunder}, {despoil}, {loot}, {reave}, {strip}, {rifle}, {ransack}, {pillage}, {foray}] 7: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm" [syn: {clean}, {strip}] 8: strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco" 9: remove the thread (of screws) 10: remove a constituent from a liquid 11: take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" [syn: {strip}, {dismantle}] 12: draw the last milk (of cows) 13: remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments" [syn: {strip}, {undress}, {divest}, {disinvest}] From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: strip /strip/ binding; strip; tape