noun
a relatively long narrow piece of something
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- he felt a flat strip of muscle
noun
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
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noun
an airfield without normal airport facilities
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noun
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
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noun
thin piece of wood or metal
noun
a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
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- she did a strip right in front of everyone
verb
take away possessions from someone
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- The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
verb
get undressed
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- please don't undress in front of everybody!
- She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
verb
remove the surface from
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- strip wood
verb
remove substances from by a percolating liquid
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- leach the soil
verb
lay bare
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- denude a forest
verb
steal goods
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- take as spoils
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
verb
remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
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- The boys cleaned the sandwich platters
- The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm
verb
strip the cured leaves from
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- strip tobacco
verb
remove the thread (of screws)
verb
remove a constituent from a liquid
verb
take off or remove
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- strip a wall of its wallpaper
verb
draw the last milk (of cows)
verb
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
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- The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim
- She divested herself of her outdoor clothes
- He disinvested himself of his garments