strips
Meaning of strips
verb, 3rd person present
- remove all coverings from.
they stripped the bed
- leave bare of accessories or fittings.
thieves stripped the room of luggage
- deprive someone of (rank, power, or property).
the lieutenant was stripped of his rank
- sell off (the assets of a company) for profit.
- tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.).
- (of a bullet) be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface.
- an act of undressing, especially in a striptease.
she got drunk and did a strip on top of the piano
- the identifying outfit worn by the members of a sports team while playing.
the team's away strip is a garish mix of red, white, and blue
Middle English (as a verb): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stropen . strip1 (sense 2 of the noun) arose in the late 20th century, possibly from the notion of clothing to which a player ‘strips’ down.
plural noun- a long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, plastic, or some other material.
a strip of linen
- a comic strip.
a strip cartoon
- a programme broadcast regularly at the same time.
he hosts a weekly two-hour advice strip
late Middle English: from or related to Middle Low German strippe ‘strap, thong’, probably also to stripe.
Information about strips
- The singular form of strips is: strip.
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Hyphenation of strips
strips
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- strips is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
strips synonyms
Meaning remove all the contents of (a container):
Meaning remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from:
Meaning steal goods from (a place or person), typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder:
Meaning deprive someone of (something needed or deserved):
Meaning enter (a building) illegally with intent to commit a crime, especially theft:
Meaning steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot:
Meaning make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance:
Meaning steal (something) using violence, especially in wartime:
Meaning go through (a place) stealing things and causing damage:
Meaning remove the intestines and other internal organs from (a fish or other animal) before cooking it:
Meaning destroy or ruin:
Meaning dismiss from employment:
Meaning cause severe and extensive damage to:
Meaning conduct a raid on:
Meaning steal or violently remove valuable possessions from; plunder:
Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
Meaning carry out raids in order to plunder:
Meaning deprive (someone) of land, property, or other possessions:
Meaning prevent (a person or place) from having or using something:
Meaning take or seize (someone's property) with authority:
Meaning deprive someone of (power, rights, or possessions):
Meaning cause (pain, distress, or difficulty) to become less severe or serious:
Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:
Meaning a set of clothes worn together, especially for a particular occasion or purpose:
Meaning items worn to cover the body:
Meaning clothes collectively:
Meaning an item of clothing:
Meaning a set of clothes in a style typical of a particular country or historical period:
Meaning a set of outer clothes made of the same fabric and designed to be worn together, typically consisting of a jacket and trousers or a jacket and skirt:
Meaning a one-piece garment worn by women and girls that covers the body and extends down over the legs:
Meaning clothing, especially of a distinctive or special kind:
Meaning the clothing used for an activity such as a sport:
Meaning a toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of a driving mechanism (such as the engine of a vehicle) and the speed of the driven parts (the wheels):
Meaning a portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole:
Meaning a small piece, part, or quantity of something:
Meaning a flat, thin strip or loop of material, used as a fastener, for reinforcement, or as decoration:
Meaning a strip of leather or other material worn, typically round the waist, to support or hold in clothes or to carry weapons:
Meaning a long, narrow strip of fabric, used for tying something or for decoration:
Meaning a long strip or loop of cloth worn over one shoulder or round the waist, especially as part of a uniform or official dress:
Meaning a long, narrow band or strip differing in colour or texture from the surface on either side of it:
Meaning a long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon:
Meaning a broad strip or area of something:
Meaning an act of sliding unintentionally for a short distance:
Meaning a fleshy boneless piece of meat from near the loins or the ribs of an animal:
Meaning a strip of material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger:
Anagrams of strips
Words that rhyme with strips
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