noun Download 🔗Share A long, relatively straight region of a single colour. Examples : "zebra stripes" color appearance mark Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces. Examples : "Officer Miller earned his stripes after five years of service, signifying his promotion to sergeant. " military police wear Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort. Examples : "persons of the same political stripe" sign type Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow with a whip or stick. Examples : "The boy received a stripe across his hand from the angry teacher. " action body mark Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance. Examples : "The fabric of the school's new sports uniforms has a bold stripe pattern of red and white. " appearance style material Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Any of the balls marked with stripes in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the spots. Examples : "The stripe ball is the next target in the pool game. " sport game Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy. Examples : "The technician confirmed that the server's stripe allowed it to recover quickly after one of the hard drives failed. " computing technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To mark with stripes. Examples : "The artist carefully striped the fabric with black paint. " appearance mark Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To lash with a whip or strap. Examples : "The angry farmer threatened to stripe the disobedient cow if it didn't stay in the pasture. " action police Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write. Examples : "The computer technician striped the data across multiple hard drives to make the backup process faster. " computing technology electronics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading