stripe
noun
a relatively long, narrow band of a different color, appearance, weave, material, or nature from the rest of a surface or thing.
have striped
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present perfectof stripe.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“When there’s bunker in the water, I have striped bass, weakfish and bluefish for my customers to catch,” said Capt.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2012
The striped pigs have striped fathers and mothers.
From Rootabaga Stories by Maud Fuller Petersham
But Jane and me were allays contrairy; she would have striped things, and I like spots.
From The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
I'd rather have striped clothes like convicts than these old stupid blue things.
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
She would have striped linsey; no, she wouldn’t, she would have a self colour; no, she wouldn’t, she would have a little pattern; lastly, she did not know which to have!
From The King's Daughters by Emily Sarah Holt
