strip+off

  • 21strip — 1 verb stripped, stripping 1 TAKE OFF CLOTHES also strip off (I, T) to take off your clothes or take off someone else s clothes: Jack stripped off and jumped into the shower. | strip sb: The police stripped us all, looking for drugs. | stripped… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22strip */*/ — I UK [strɪp] / US verb Word forms strip : present tense I/you/we/they strip he/she/it strips present participle stripping past tense stripped past participle stripped 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to take off all of your clothes or all of… …

    English dictionary

  • 23strip — Synonyms and related words: Mystik tape, Scotch tape, abscind, adhesive tape, airstrip, amputate, annihilate, apron, ban, band, bandage, bandeau, bankrupt, bar, bare, bark, batten, belt, bereave, billet, bleed, bleed white, bob, bolt, boot,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24strip — {{11}}strip (n.) long, narrow, flat piece, mid 15c., narrow piece of cloth, probably from M.L.G. strippe strap, thong, related to stripe (see STRIPE (Cf. stripe) (1)). Sense extension to wood, land, etc. first recorded 1630s. Sense in comic strip …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 25strip — strip1 /strip/, v., stripped or stript, stripping, n. v.t. 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to take away or remove: to strip sheets from the bed. 4. to deprive or divest:… …

    Universalium

  • 26strip — I verb 1) he stripped and got into bed Syn: undress, strip off, take one s clothes off, unclothe, disrobe, strip naked Ant: dress 2) stripping off paint Syn: peel (off) …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 27strip*/ — [strɪp] noun [C] I a long narrow piece of something a strip of land[/ex] Cut the paper into strips.[/ex] II verb strip [strɪp] 1) [I/T] to take off all of your clothes, or to take off all of another person s clothes They all stripped and ran into …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 28strip — I verb 1) he stripped and got into bed Syn: undress, strip off, take one s clothes off, disrobe 2) stripping the paint off the door Syn: peel, remove, scrape, clean 3) I stripped down …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 29strip — I. v. a. 1. Tear off, pull off, strip off. 2. Uncover, denude, peel, lay bare. 3. Divest, deprive, bereave, despoil, fleece, shave, make destitute. 4. Unrig, dismantle. 5. Rob, plunder, pillage, spoil, sack, ransack, devastate, desolate, lay… …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 30Strip — Strip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stripped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stripping}.] [OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str?pan in bestr?pan to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen.] 1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder;… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English