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strip
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/ strɪp /
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verb (used with object), stripped or (Archaic) stript, strip·ping.
verb (used without object), stripped or (Archaic) stript, strip·ping.
noun
a striptease.
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Origin of strip
1First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English verb strepe(n), streppin, strippe, unattested Old English -strī(e)pan, -strȳpan, -strēpan (compare Old English bestrȳpan “to rob, plunder,” Middle High German strupfen “to strip off”)
synonym study for strip
7. Strip, deprive, dispossess, divest imply more or less forcibly taking something away from someone. To strip is to take something completely (often violently) from a person or thing so as to leave in a destitute or powerless state: to strip a man of all his property; to strip the bark from a tree. To deprive is to take away forcibly or coercively what one has, or to withhold what one might have: to deprive workers of their livelihood. To dispossess is to deprive of the holding or use of something: to dispossess the renters of a house. Divest usually means depriving of rights, privileges, powers, or the like: to divest a king of authority.
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strip2
[ strip ]
/ strɪp /
noun
verb (used with object), stripped, strip·ping.
Origin of strip
2First recorded in 1425–75; variant of late Middle English stripe, cognate with or borrowed from Middle Low German strippe “strap, thong”; see stripe1
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British Dictionary definitions for strip (1 of 2)
strip1
/ (strɪp) /
verb strips, stripping or stripped
noun
the act or an instance of undressing or of performing a striptease
See also strip out
Word Origin for strip
Old English bestriepan to plunder; related to Old High German stroufen to plunder, strip
British Dictionary definitions for strip (2 of 2)
strip2
/ (strɪp) /
noun
verb strips, stripping or stripped
to cut or divide into strips
Word Origin for strip
C15: from Middle Dutch strīpe stripe 1
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