nounπShareA long, relatively straight region of a single colour."zebra stripes"colorappearancemarkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces."Officer Miller earned his stripes after five years of service, signifying his promotion to sergeant. "militarypolicewearChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareDistinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort."persons of the same political stripe"signtypeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick."The boy received a stripe across his hand from the angry teacher. "actionbodymarkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance."The fabric of the school's new sports uniforms has a bold stripe pattern of red and white. "appearancestylematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAny of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots."The stripe ball is the next target in the pool game. "sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy."The technician confirmed that the server's stripe allowed it to recover quickly after one of the hard drives failed. "computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo mark with stripes."The artist carefully striped the fabric with black paint. "appearancemarkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo lash with a whip or strap."The angry farmer threatened to stripe the disobedient cow if it didn't stay in the pasture. "actionpoliceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write."The computer technician striped the data across multiple hard drives to make the backup process faster. "computingtechnologyelectronicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading