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stripped

/stɹɪpt/

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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

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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

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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."

property law action business economy

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To remove cargo from (a container).

Examples :

"The workers stripped the truck of its delivery boxes. "

nautical business commerce industry technical

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

Examples :

"He stripped the screw when he tightened it too much with the power drill. "

technical machine part

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

Examples :

"The mechanic stripped the bolt, making it impossible to tighten the wheel. "

technical machine part

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

Examples :

"She stripped the old color from her hair before dyeing it a vibrant red. "

color material process

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

Examples :

""Knowing my opponent was short on diamonds, I stripped him of his remaining hearts to force him to use his trump." "

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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 nurse stripped the IV tubing to make sure all the medication went into the patient. "

medicine physiology process technical

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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, ensuring he got every last drop of milk. "

animal agriculture food

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

Examples :

"The biologist stripped the fish to prepare the eggs for the fish breeding program. "

fish biology agriculture technical

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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 TV station stripped the popular cartoon, airing it every weekday at 4 PM. "

media entertainment

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

Examples :

"The construction workers stripped the hillside, removing layers of topsoil in preparation for building the new road. "

environment agriculture

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To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).

Examples :

"The mining company stripped the topsoil from the land to reach the coal deposit underneath. "

geology environment agriculture

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To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.

Examples :

"The race car stripped past the finish line, winning by a fraction of a second. "

achievement sport

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

Examples :

"The jeweler stripped the silver plating from the old teapot to reveal the brass underneath. "

material chemistry technical industry machine process

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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 stripped the lint unevenly from the wool, leaving some patches rougher than others. "

technical machine

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

Examples :

"The workers stripped the tobacco leaves from the stalks and tied them into bundles for curing. "

agriculture plant work process

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To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

Examples :

"The farm workers stripped the tobacco leaves, carefully removing the central rib before drying them. "

agriculture plant process

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adjective

Made of strips.

Examples :

"The rug was stripped, made of colorful fabric strips sewn together. "

material style appearance