nounπShareA long, relatively straight region of a single colour."zebra stripes"colorappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces."Sergeant Miller earned his stripes after many years of dedicated service. "militarypoliceChat 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 cruel master left red stripes on the slave's back after the whipping. "actionbodysensationChat 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 zebra's distinctive stripes help it blend into the tall grass. "appearancestylematerialcolorChat 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.""In pool, I'm shooting for the stripes, while my opponent is aiming for the solids." "sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA portion of data distributed across several separate physical disks for the sake of redundancy."The server's hard drive system used stripes to protect the company's important financial data, ensuring that information wasn't lost if one drive failed. "computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo mark with stripes."The children will stripes the old t-shirts with colorful paint for their art project. "appearancemarkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo lash with a whip or strap."The angry coach threatened to stripes the disobedient players with a belt if they didn't start following the rules. "actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verbπShareTo distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write."The database administrator striped the data across four different hard drives to speed up the students' access to their grades. "computingtechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
