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strips

/stɹɪps/

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noun

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

Examples :

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

entertainment action culture sex body

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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 culture

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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 action appearance

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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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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."

property action business economy

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To remove cargo from (a container).

Examples :

"The dockworkers strips the shipping container to prepare it for its return journey. "

nautical commerce business industry job

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

Examples :

"He accidentally stripped the screw while trying to tighten the shelf, so now it won't hold. "

technical machine

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

Examples :

"The mechanic tightened the bolt too much, and it stripped, making it impossible to tighten further or remove easily. "

technical machine

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

Examples :

"The hairdresser strips the dark dye from my hair before adding the new blonde color. "

color chemistry material process

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

Examples :

""Playing bridge, Anna strips David of all his spades by forcing him to play them out." "

game sport entertainment

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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 strips the IV tubing to make sure all the medicine goes into the patient. "

medicine technical physiology

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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 strips the cow after the milking machine is done, to make sure he gets every last drop of milk. "

animal agriculture food action

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

Examples :

"The fish farmer carefully strips the female salmon, gently squeezing out her eggs into a bowl for fertilization. "

fish biology agriculture

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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 network decided to strip the new sitcom, airing it every weekday at 6 PM to build a regular audience. "

media entertainment communication

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

Examples :

"The construction crew strips the hillside to prepare it for building the new houses. "

agriculture environment

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To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).

Examples :

"The mining company strips the land to reach the coal seam below. "

geology agriculture environment

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To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.

Examples :

"The experienced runner easily strips past his competitors in the final lap of the race. "

action achievement

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

Examples :

"The factory strips the old chrome from the bumpers before replating them with a new finish. "

chemistry technology material industry science technical 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 strips the cotton fibers, preparing them for spinning into yarn. "

technical machine industry

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

Examples :

"During the tobacco harvest, the workers strips the dried leaves from the stalks and ties them into bundles. "

agriculture plant process work

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To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

Examples :

"The farmhand strips the tobacco leaves, carefully removing the central rib before curing them. "