7 definitions found
strip /ˈstrɪp/
長條,條狀,帶,脫衣舞(vt.)脫衣,被剝去,剝奪,拆卸(vi.)脫衣服
strip /ˈstrɪp/ 及物動詞
帶,條,擠通,通管,剝離,剝脫,磨光,用電化學方法除去牙冠內的金屬,以增加內徑
strip
條 帶
Strip v. t. [
imp. & p. p. Stripped p. pr. & vb. n. Stripping.]
1. To deprive;
to bereave;
to make destitute;
to plunder;
especially,
to deprive of a covering;
to skin;
to peel;
as,
to strip a man of his possession,
his rights,
his privileges,
his reputation;
to strip one of his clothes;
to strip a beast of his skin;
to strip a tree of its bark.
And strippen her out of her rude array. --
Chaucer.
They stripped Joseph out of his coat. --
Gen. xxxvii. 23.
Opinions which . . . no clergyman could have avowed without imminent risk of being stripped of his gown. --
Macaulay.
2. To divest of clothing;
to uncover.
Before the folk herself strippeth she. --
Chaucer.
Strip your sword stark naked. --
Shak.
3. Naut. To dismantle;
as,
to strip a ship of rigging,
spars,
etc.
4. Agric. To pare off the surface of,
as land,
in strips.
5. To deprive of all milk;
to milk dry;
to draw the last milk from;
hence,
to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking;
as,
to strip a cow.
6. To pass;
to get clear of;
to outstrip. [
Obs.]
When first they stripped the Malean promontory. --
Chapman.
Before he reached it he was out of breath,
And then the other stripped him. --
Beau. & Fl.
7. To pull or tear off,
as a covering;
to remove;
to wrest away;
as,
to strip the skin from a beast;
to strip the bark from a tree;
to strip the clothes from a man's back;
to strip away all disguisses.
To strip bad habits from a corrupted heart, is stripping off the skin. --
Gilpin.
8. Mach. (a) To tear off (
the thread)
from a bolt or nut;
as,
the thread is stripped.
(b) To tear off the thread from (
a bolt or nut);
as,
the bolt is stripped.
9. To remove the metal coating from (
a plated article),
as by acids or electrolytic action.
10. Carding To remove fiber,
flock,
or lint from; --
said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
11. To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (
tobacco)
and tie them into “hands”;
to remove the midrib from (
tobacco leaves).
Strip v. i.
1. To take off,
or become divested of,
clothes or covering;
to undress.
2. Mach. To fail in the thread;
to lose the thread,
as a bolt,
screw,
or nut.
See Strip,
v. t., 8.
Strip,
n.
1. A narrow piece,
or one comparatively long;
as,
a strip of cloth;
a strip of land.
2. Mining A trough for washing ore.
3. Gunnery The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
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strip
n 1:
a relatively long narrow piece of something; "
he felt a flat
strip of muscle"
2:
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material [
syn:
slip]
3:
an airfield without normal airport facilities [
syn:
airstrip,
flight strip,
landing strip]
4:
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or
comic book [
syn:
comic strip,
cartoon strip]
5:
thin piece of wood or metal
6:
a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually
undresses to music; "
she did a strip right in front of
everyone" [
syn:
striptease,
strip show]
v 1:
take away possessions from someone; "
The Nazis stripped the
Jews of all their assets" [
syn:
deprive,
divest]
2:
get undressed; "
please don't undress in front of
everybody!"; "
She strips in front of strangers every night
for a living" [
syn:
undress,
discase,
uncase,
unclothe,
strip down,
disrobe,
peel] [
ant:
dress,
dress]
3:
remove the surface from; "
strip wood"
4:
remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "
leach the
soil" [
syn:
leach]
5:
lay bare; "
denude a forest" [
syn:
denude,
bare,
denudate]
6:
steal goods;
take as spoils; "
During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[
syn:
plunder,
despoil,
loot,
reave,
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" [
syn:
clean]
8:
strip the cured leaves from; "
strip tobacco"
9:
remove the thread (
of screws)
10:
remove a constituent from a liquid
11:
take off or remove; "
strip a wall of its wallpaper" [
syn:
dismantle]
12:
draw the last milk (
of cows)
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" [
syn:
undress,
divest,
disinvest]
[
also:
stripping,
stripped]
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