stripped

[ stript ]

/ strɪpt /

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adjective

having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed: trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.

having had usable parts or items removed, as for reuse or resale: the hulk of a stripped car.

having or containing the bare essentials, with no added features or accessories: a stripped new car, with no radio or air conditioning.

Origin of stripped

First recorded in 1925–30; strip¹ + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM stripped

un·stripped, adjective

Words nearby stripped

striper, striping, striplight, stripling, strippable, stripped, stripped-down, stripper, stript, striptease, stripteaser

Definition for stripped (2 of 3)

strip ¹

[ strip ]

/ strɪp /

verb (used with object), stripped or stript, strip·ping.

to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind.

to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked.

to take away or remove: to strip sheets from the bed.

to deprive or divest: to strip a tree of its bark; to strip him of all privileges.

to clear out or empty: to strip a house of its contents.

to deprive of equipment; dismantle: to strip a ship of rigging.

to dispossess, rob, or plunder: to strip a man of his possessions.

to remove varnish, paint, wax, or the like from: The wood should be stripped and then refinished.

to separate the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco).

to remove the midrib, as from tobacco leaves.

Machinery. to break off the thread of (a screw, bolt, etc.) or the teeth of (a gear), as by applying too much force.

to remove the mold from (an ingot).

to draw the last milk from (a cow), especially by a stroking and compressing movement.

to draw out (milk) in this manner.

Photoengraving. to remove (the emulsion from a film base) in order to place it on a glass plate for exposure to the metal plate.

Textiles.

to clean (a carding roller) by removing waste fibers.
to transfer (fibers) from one carding roller to another.
to remove (color) from a cloth or yarn in order to redye it another color.
to remove color from (a cloth or yarn).

Bridge. to lead successively winning cards from (a hand) in order to dispose of as many cards as necessary preparatory to surrendering the lead to an opponent so that any card the opponent plays will be to his or her disadvantage.

Mining. to strip-mine.

Chemistry. to remove the most volatile components from, as by distillation or evaporation.

Finance. to split (a bond) for selling separately as a principal certificate and as interest coupons.

Surgery. to remove (a vein) by pulling it inside out through a small incision, using a long, hooked instrument.

verb (used without object), stripped or stript, strip·ping.

to strip something.

to remove one's clothes.

to perform a striptease.

to become stripped: Bananas strip easily.

noun

a striptease.

Origin of strip

1175–1225; (v.) Middle English strippe, Old English *stryppan (compare Middle High German strupfen to strip off); replacing Middle English stripen, strepen, strupen (compare Old English bestrȳpan to rob, plunder)

SYNONYMS FOR strip

1 uncover, peel, decorticate.

2 denude.

7 despoil. Strip, deprive, dispossess, divest imply more or less forcibly taking something away from someone. To strip is to take something completely (often violently) from a person or thing so as to leave in a destitute or powerless state: to strip a man of all his property; to strip the bark from a tree. To deprive is to take away forcibly or coercively what one has, or to withhold what one might have: to deprive workers of their livelihood. To dispossess is to deprive of the holding or use of something: to dispossess the renters of a house. Divest usually means depriving of rights, privileges, powers, or the like: to divest a king of authority.

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ANTONYMS FOR strip

6 supply, furnish.

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Definition for stripped (3 of 3)

strip ²

[ strip ]

/ strɪp /

noun

a narrow piece, comparatively long and usually of uniform width: a strip of cloth, metal, land, etc.

a continuous series of drawings or pictures illustrating incidents, conversation, etc., as a comic strip.

Aeronautics.

an airstrip; runway.
landing strip.

Philately. three or more stamps joined either in a horizontal or vertical row.

Informal. striplight.

(sometimes initial capital letter) a road, street, or avenue, usually in a city or a main thoroughfare between outlying suburbs, densely lined on both sides by a large variety of retail stores, gas stations, restaurants, bars, etc.: Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.

strip steak.

drag strip.

verb (used with object), stripped, strip·ping.

to cut, tear, or form into strips.

Printing. to combine (a piece of film) with another, especially for making a combination plate of lines and halftones.

to broadcast (a television series) in multiple related segments, as daily from Monday through Friday.

Origin of strip

1425–75; late Middle English, cognate with or < Middle Low German strippe strap; see stripe¹

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A few minutes after arriving, I stood, stripped of everything, my clothes neatly folded on the floor next to me.

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Houses were evacuated and stripped bare, and civilians vanished at the sight of a truck.

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I stripped down to my gym shorts and stretched out on my cot.

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Maybe, just maybe he'd be able to get the message across if he stripped it down to its bare bones.

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Most fortunately for us the forenoon turned out fair and we stripped and dried our clothes.

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On December 21 the load on the sledge was stripped down to tent, dip-circle, theodolite, cooker and a little food.

The Home of the Blizzard |Douglas Mawson
There, having first stripped his prisoner of all his weapons, Hans sat the man up in the angle of the wall.

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The house was stripped of everything, and pulled down that night.

The Loyalists of Massachusetts |James H. Stark
Macavoy, stripped to the waist, and carrying only a hatchet and a coil of rope tied round him, started away alone up the river.

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British Dictionary definitions for stripped (1 of 2)

strip ¹

/ (strɪp) /

verb strips, stripping or stripped

to take or pull (the covering, clothes, etc) off (oneself, another person, or thing) to strip a wall; to strip a bed

(intr)

to remove all one's clothes
to perform a striptease

(tr) to denude or empty completely

(tr) to deprive he was stripped of his pride

(tr) to rob or plunder

(tr) to remove (paint, varnish, etc) from (a surface, furniture, etc) by sanding, with a solvent, etc stripped pine

Also: pluck (tr) to pull out the old coat of hair from (dogs of certain long- and wire-haired breeds)

to remove the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco, etc)
to separate the two sides of a leaf from the stem of (tobacco, etc)

(tr) agriculture to draw the last milk from each of the teats of (a cow)

to dismantle (an engine, mechanism, etc)

to tear off or break (the thread) from (a screw, bolt, etc) or (the teeth) from (a gear)

(often foll by down) to remove the accessories from (a motor vehicle) his car was stripped down

to remove (the most volatile constituent) from (a mixture of liquids) by boiling, evaporation, or distillation

printing (usually foll by in) to combine (pieces of film or paper) to form a composite sheet from which a plate can be made

(tr) (in freight transport) to unpack (a container) See also stuffing and stripping

noun

the act or an instance of undressing or of performing a striptease

Word Origin for strip

Old English bestriepan to plunder; related to Old High German stroufen to plunder, strip

British Dictionary definitions for stripped (2 of 2)

strip ²

/ (strɪp) /

noun

a relatively long, flat, narrow piece of something

short for airstrip

philately a horizontal or vertical row of three or more unseparated postage stamps

the clothes worn by the members of a team, esp a football team

commerce a triple option on a security or commodity consisting of one call option and two put options at the same price and for the same period Compare strap (def. 5)

NZ short for dosing strip

tear someone off a strip informal to rebuke (someone) angrily

verb strips, stripping or stripped

to cut or divide into strips

Word Origin for strip

C15: from Middle Dutch strīpe stripe 1

Medical definitions for stripped

strip

[ strĭp ]

v.

To press out or drain off by milking.

To make a subcutaneous excision of a vein in its longitudinal axis, usually of a leg vein.

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verb (used without object), stripped or stript, strip·ping.

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verb (used with object), stripped, strip·ping.

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verb (used with object), stripped or stript, strip·ping.

verb (used without object), stripped or stript, strip·ping.

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verb (used with object), stripped, strip·ping.

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verb strips, stripping or stripped

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verb strips, stripping or stripped

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