STRIP

• (noun) a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music

  "she did a strip right in front of everyone"

  synonyms : strip show , striptease

• (noun) an airfield without normal airport facilities

  synonyms : airstrip , flight strip , landing strip

• (noun) artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

  synonyms : slip

• (noun) thin piece of wood or metal

• (noun) a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

  synonyms : cartoon strip , comic strip , funnies

• (noun) a relatively long narrow piece of something

  "he felt a flat strip of muscle"

• (verb) get undressed

  "please don't undress in front of everybody!", "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

  synonyms : discase , disrobe , peel , strip down , uncase , unclothe , undress

• (verb) 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"

  synonyms : disinvest , divest , undress

• (verb) draw the last milk (of cows)

• (verb) take off or remove

  "strip a wall of its wallpaper"

  synonyms : dismantle

• (verb) remove a constituent from a liquid

• (verb) remove the thread (of screws)

• (verb) lay bare

  "denude a forest"

  synonyms : bare , denudate , denude

• (verb) remove substances from by a percolating liquid

  "leach the soil"

  synonyms : leach

• (verb) remove the surface from

  "strip wood"

• (verb) strip the cured leaves from

  "strip tobacco"

• (verb) remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

  "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters", "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"

  synonyms : clean

• (verb) take away possessions from someone

  "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"

  synonyms : deprive , divest

• (verb) steal goods; take as spoils

  "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

  synonyms : despoil , foray , loot , pillage , plunder , ransack , reave , rifle

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