stripped

American  

[stript] / strɪpt /

adjective

1. having had a covering, clothing, equipment, or furnishings removed.

   trees stripped of their leaves by the storm; a stripped bed ready for clean sheets.

2. having had usable parts or items removed, as for reuse or resale.

   the hulk of a stripped car.

3. 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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Other Word Forms

• unstripped adjective

Etymology

Origin of stripped

First recorded in 1925–30; strip ¹ + -ed ²

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• stripped vs. striped

Example Sentences

With cold, clumsy fingers Marlie unbuckled his pack and pulled out the clothes he had stripped off before the swim.

From Literature

Net profits were 2.7 billion euros, which the firm said was a 4.9 percent gain on last year when currency fluctuations were stripped out.

From Barron's

Sinchi had to change his story to get a happy ending because he made a choice that stripped him from his family.

From Literature

He picked up one of the thin branches he had snapped off and stripped all the leaves from it.

From Literature

Hall made the game-turning play late in the third quarter when he sacked Maye and stripped the ball for a fumble that was recovered by Murphy at the Patriots’ 37-yard line.

From Los Angeles Times

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