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[[t]strɪp[/t]]

v. stripped stript, strip•ping,

1) to deprive of covering:

to strip a fruit of its rind[/ex]

2) to deprive of clothing

3) to remove:

to strip sheets from a bed[/ex]

4) to deprive; divest:

stripped of one's rights[/ex]

5) to clear out; empty:

to strip a house of its contents[/ex]

6) to deprive of equipment or possessions

7) cvb to remove varnish, paint, wax, or the like from

8) agr. to separate the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco)

9) agr. to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves)

10) mac to shear or damage the thread or the teeth of:

to strip gears[/ex]

11) ahb. to draw the last milk from (a cow), esp. by a stroking and compressing movement

12) tex to remove (color) from a cloth or yarn

13) chem. Chem. to remove the most volatile components from, as by distillation or evaporation

14) to remove one's clothes

15) to perform a striptease

16) to become stripped

17) striptease

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Etymology: 1175–1225; ME strippen, earlier stripen, strepen, strupen strip′pa•ble, adj. II

strip

[[t]strɪp[/t]] n. v. stripped, strip•ping

1) a long narrow piece of material

2) a narrow expanse of water or land

3) fia

comic strip

4) aer. an airstrip; runway

5) an area of commercial development along a thoroughfare

6) dragstrip

7) to cut, tear, or form into strips

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Etymology: 1425–75; late ME, c. or < MLG strippe strap; see stripe I