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strip1 / strip/ • v. (stripped, strip·ping) [tr.] 1. remove all coverings from: they stripped the bed. ∎ remove the clothes from (someone): [tr.] the man had been stripped naked. ∎ [intr.] take off one's clothes: they stripped and showered she stripped down to her underwear. ∎ pull or tear off (a garment or covering): she stripped off her shirt | fig. strip away the hype, and you'll find original thought. ∎ remove bark and branches from (a tree). ∎ remove paint from (a surface) with solvent. ∎ remove (paint) in this way: strip off the existing paint. ∎ remove the stems from (tobacco). ∎ milk (a cow) to the last drop.2. leave bare of accessories or fittings: thieves stripped the room of luggage. ∎ remove the accessory fittings of or take apart (a machine, motor vehicle, etc.) to inspect or adjust it: the tank was stripped down piece by piece.3. (strip someone of) deprive someone of (rank, power, or property): the lieutenant was stripped of his rank.4. sell off (the assets of a company) for profit. ∎ Finance divest (a bond) of its interest coupons so that it and they may be sold separately.5. tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.). ∎ [intr.] (of a screw, gearwheel, etc.) lose its thread or teeth.6. [intr.] (of a bullet) be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface.• n. an act of undressing, esp. in a striptease: she got drunk and did a strip on top of the piano. ∎ [as adj.] used for or involving the performance of stripteases: a campaigner against strip joints.strip2 • n. 1. a long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material: a strip of linen. ∎ a long, narrow area of land. ∎ a main road in or leading out of a town, lined with shops, restaurants, and other facilities. ∎ steel or other metal in the form of narrow flat bars.2. a comic strip.