strip /strɪp/
1. a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle"
synset: strip
2. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
3. an airfield without normal airport facilities
synset: airstrip, flight_strip, landing_strip, strip
4. a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
synset: comic_strip, cartoon_strip, strip, funnies
5. thin piece of wood or metal
synset: strip
6. a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone"
synset: strip, striptease, strip_show
1. take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
synset: 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"
synset: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip_down, disrobe, peel
antonym: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit_out, apparel
3. remove the surface from; "strip wood"
synset: strip
4. remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil"
5. lay bare; "denude a forest"
synset: denude, bare, denudate, strip
6. steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
synset: 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"
8. strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco"
synset: strip
9. remove the thread (of screws)
synset: strip
10. remove a constituent from a liquid
synset: strip
11. take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper"
12. draw the last milk (of cows)
synset: strip
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"
synset: strip, undress, divest, disinvest
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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