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verb (strips, stripping, stripped)

• 1remove all coverings from:they stripped the bed
• remove the clothes from (someone): [with object and complement]:the man had been stripped naked
• [no object] take off one’s clothes:I was tempted to strip off for a swim she stripped down to her underwear
• pull or tear off (a garment or covering):she stripped off her shirt figurativestrip away the hype and you’ll find original thought
• remove bark and branches from (a tree).
• remove (paint or varnish) from (a surface):the floorboards can be stripped, sanded, and polished strip off the existing paint
• remove the stems from (tobacco).
• milk (a cow) to the last drop.

• 2leave bare of accessories or fittings:thieves stripped the room of luggage
• remove the accessory fittings of or take apart (a machine, motor vehicle, etc.) to inspect or adjust it:the tank was stripped down piece by piece

• 3 (strip someone of) deprive someone of (rank, power, or property):the lieutenant was stripped of his rank

• 4sell off (the assets of a company) for profit.
• Finance divest (a bond) of its interest coupons so that it and they may be sold separately.

• 5tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.).
• [no object] (of a screw, gearwheel, etc.) lose its thread or teeth.

• 6 [no object] (of a bullet) be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface.

noun

• 1an act of undressing, especially in a striptease:she got drunk and did a strip on top of the piano
• [as modifier] used for or involving the performance of stripteases:a campaigner against strip joints

• 2British the identifying outfit worn by the members of a sports team while playing: the team’s away strip is a garish mix of red, white, and blue