stripped

[ stript ]

/ strɪpt /

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adjective

having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed: trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.

having had usable parts or items removed, as for reuse or resale: the hulk of a stripped car.

having or containing the bare essentials, with no added features or accessories: a stripped new car, with no radio or air conditioning.

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Origin of stripped

First recorded in 1925–30; strip¹ + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM stripped

un·stripped, adjective

Words nearby stripped

strip mill, strip-mine, strip mining, strip out, strippable, stripped, stripped-down, stripper, strip poker, strip search, strip steak

How to use stripped in a sentence

Stripped of these frills, the only real expense of a prison wedding is the officiant.
Saying Yes to the Dress—Behind Bars|Caitlin Dickson|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The longtime pals—and co-stars of The Interview—stripped down and tried to survive on the Discovery Channel reality series.
James Franco and Seth Rogen Get ‘Naked and Afraid’… And It’s Hilarious|Marlow Stern|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A few minutes after arriving, I stood, stripped of everything, my clothes neatly folded on the floor next to me.
Whip It: Secrets of a Dominatrix|Justin Jones|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Houses were evacuated and stripped bare, and civilians vanished at the sight of a truck.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

I stripped down to my gym shorts and stretched out on my cot.
I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She stripped off her mackintosh, as though she were stripping off her modesty, and stood before him revealed.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
Then we mounted and took to the trail again, stripped down to fighting-trim, unhampered by a pack-horse.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
First off, some of us boys went over to that real-estate hogan–and found the door open and the place stripped.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
As he skated forward, the former major of the school battalion stripped off the sweater he was wearing.
The Mystery at Putnam Hall|Arthur M. Winfield
After taking down from the poles the plants should be packed in order to keep moist until stripped.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.