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strip

/stɹɪp/

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noun

A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.

Examples :

"The countries were in dispute over the ownership of a strip of desert about 100 metres wide."

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(usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.

Examples :

"I have some strip left over after fitting out the kitchen."

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A comic strip.

Examples :

"My favorite comic strip is in the newspaper every Sunday. "

entertainment media story essential

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A landing strip.

Examples :

"The airplane landed safely on the long, smooth strip of asphalt. "

area place vehicle essential

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A strip steak.

Examples :

"He ordered a strip steak for dinner. "

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A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.

Examples :

"The shopping strip was crowded with people browsing the shops. "

area entertainment place commerce essential

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The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.

Examples :

"The basketball team practiced their layups on the court's strip. "

sport area essential

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The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.

Examples :

"The football team wore their bright yellow strip to the game. "

sport wear essential

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A trough for washing ore.

Examples :

"The miners used the large strip to wash the gold ore. "

utensil machine agriculture industry essential

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The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.

Examples :

"The marksman's clumsy handling of the rifle resulted in a strip, causing the bullet to fly straight instead of spinning. "

military weapon physics science essential

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A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.

Examples :

"The popular children's show aired as a strip, Monday through Friday, at 7:00 pm. "

media entertainment time type essential

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The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.

Examples :

"She stood up on the table and did a strip."

entertainment action body sex stage culture essential

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(of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.

Examples :

"strip poker; strip Scrabble"

entertainment game sex essential

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verb

To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.

Examples :

"Norm will strip the old varnish before painting the chair."

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(usually intransitive) To take off clothing.

Examples :

"Seeing that no one else was about, he stripped and dived into the river."

body human action wear essential

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To perform a striptease.

Examples :

"In the seedy club, a group of drunken men were watching a woman stripping."

entertainment sex action body stage culture essential

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verb

To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.

Examples :

"The athlete was stripped of his medal after failing a drugs test."

action property business essential

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To remove cargo from (a container).

Examples :

"The workers stripped the cargo container of its electronics before loading the rest of the goods. "

business commerce nautical industry essential

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To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.

Examples :

"The mechanic stripped the screw head while trying to tighten it too much. "

technical machine technology essential

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To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.

Examples :

"The screw stripped while I was trying to tighten it, so I couldn't finish the project. "

technical machine part essential

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To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.

Examples :

"The hairdresser stripped the woman's hair before dyeing it a vibrant blue. "

color chemistry process essential

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To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)

Examples :

"During the card game, Maria stripped all the hearts from her opponent. "

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To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).

Examples :

"The plumber stripped the water pipes to remove the blockage. "

technical machine process essential

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To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully stripped the cow, getting every last drop of milk. "

animal agriculture food process essential

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To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.

Examples :

"The biologist carefully stripped the fish to collect the milt for the breeding program. "

fish biology agriculture science essential

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To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.

Examples :

"The soap opera is stripped across the daytime schedule, airing daily from Monday to Friday. "

media entertainment communication essential

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To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.

Examples :

"The farmer used a machine to strip the topsoil from the field in narrow strips. "

agriculture environment essential

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To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).

Examples :

"The farmer will strip the topsoil from the field to prepare for planting new seeds. "

geology agriculture environment industry essential

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To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.

Examples :

"The fast runner easily stripped the other competitors in the race. "

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To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.

Examples :

"The jeweler used an acid to strip the silver plating from the decorative bowl. "

chemistry industry material science technology process essential

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To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.

Examples :

"The carding machine needs to strip the teeth of the carding machine to remove the accumulated lint before it can process more wool. "

technical machine agriculture essential

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To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".

Examples :

"The tobacco farmer carefully stripped the leaves from the stalks and tied them into neat bundles. "

agriculture plant process work essential

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To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

Examples :

"The farmer carefully stripped the midrib from the tobacco leaves. "

agriculture essential