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Words with a similar base: airstrip, cartoon_strip, comic_strip, flight_strip, landing_strip, strip, strip_down, strip_show, striptease

'strip'

[strip.n.01] as in: a relatively long narrow piece of something

Examples:
he felt a flat strip of muscle

'strip'

[strip.n.02] as in: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

'strip'

[airstrip.n.01] as in: an airfield without normal airport facilities

'strip'

[comic_strip.n.01] as in: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

'strip'

[strip.n.05] as in: thin piece of wood or metal

'strip'

[strip.n.06] as in: a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music

Examples:
she did a strip right in front of everyone

'strip'

[deprive.v.01] as in: take away possessions from someone

Examples:
The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets

'strip'

[undress.v.01] as in: get undressed

Examples:
please don't undress in front of everybody!
She strips in front of strangers every night for a living

'strip'

[strip.v.03] as in: remove the surface from

Examples:
strip wood

'strip'

[leach.v.03] as in: remove substances from by a percolating liquid

Examples:
leach the soil

'strip'

[denude.v.01] as in: lay bare

Examples:
denude a forest

'strip'

[plunder.v.03] as in: steal goods; take as spoils

Examples:
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners

'strip'

[clean.v.07] as in: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

Examples:
The boys cleaned the sandwich platters
The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm

'strip'

[strip.v.08] as in: strip the cured leaves from

Examples:
strip tobacco

'strip'

[strip.v.09] as in: remove the thread (of screws)

'strip'

[strip.v.10] as in: remove a constituent from a liquid

'strip'

[strip.v.11] as in: take off or remove

Examples:
strip a wall of its wallpaper

'strip'

[strip.v.12] as in: draw the last milk (of cows)

'strip'

[strip.v.13] as in: remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

Examples:
The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim
She divested herself of her outdoor clothes
He disinvested himself of his garments

Origins

					strip (English)
└── strepen (Middle English (1100-1500))