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