strip

  • 31strip — [[t]strɪ̱p[/t]] ♦♦♦ strips, stripping, stripped 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it. ...a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them …

    English dictionary

  • 32strip — 1 verb stripped, stripping 1 TAKE OFF CLOTHES also strip off (I, T) to take off your clothes or take off someone else s clothes: Jack stripped off and jumped into the shower. | strip sb: The police stripped us all, looking for drugs. | stripped… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33strip — I. /strɪp / (say strip) verb (stripped or, Rare, stript, stripping) –verb (t) 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to deprive or divest: to strip a tree of its fruit. 4. to… …

  • 34strip — I n. runway 1) an airstrip, landing strip dividing patch 2) a centre (BE), median (AE) strip (on a road) II v. 1)(D; intr.) to strip for (to strip for a physical examination) 2) (d; tr.) to strip of (to strip smb. of all civil rights) 3) (D; intr …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 35strip — strip1 [ strıp ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to take off all your clothes or another person s clothes: They all stripped and ran into the water. Josh was stripped to the waist (=naked above the waist). strip naked: The soldiers were… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 36strip */*/ — I UK [strɪp] / US verb Word forms strip : present tense I/you/we/they strip he/she/it strips present participle stripping past tense stripped past participle stripped 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to take off all of your clothes or all of… …

    English dictionary

  • 37strip — Variant of a straddle. A strip is two puts and one call on a stock. A strap is two calls and one put on a stock. The puts and calls have the same strike price and expiration date. See: Strap. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary In the United Kingdom,… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 38strip — back·strip; strip; strip·er; strip·i·ness; strip·ling; strip·pa·ble; strip·page; strip·per; strip·pit; strip·teas·er; strip·teuse; strip·tease; …

    English syllables

  • 39strip — [1] Area used for drag racing. [2] Removing tires and wheels, battery, hubcaps and other items of value as done by thieves. See gut. [3] To remove the insulation from a wire. [4] To tear off or break the thread from a screw, bolt, etc., or the… …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 40strip — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 long, narrow piece ADJECTIVE ▪ long ▪ narrow, thin, tiny ▪ thick, wide ▪ Cut the meat into th …

    Collocations dictionary