strip

to take away or remove: I need to strip the sheets from the bed and wash them.

to deprive or divest: The lightning stripped the tree of its bark.The organization will strip him of all privileges.

to clear out or empty: Thieves may strip a house of all its contents.

to deprive of equipment; dismantle: If we strip the ship of rigging, we can repair it.

to dispossess, rob, or plunder: The highwaymen stripped the man of his possessions.

to remove varnish, paint, wax, or the like from: The wood should be stripped and then refinished.

to separate the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco).

to remove the midrib, as from tobacco leaves.

Machinery. to break off the thread of (a screw, bolt, etc.) or the teeth of (a gear), as by applying too much force.

to remove the mold from (an ingot).

to draw the last milk from (a cow), especially by a stroking and compressing movement.

to draw out (milk) in this manner.

Photoengraving. to remove (the emulsion from a film base) in order to place it on a glass plate for exposure to the metal plate.

Textiles.

Bridge. to lead successively winning cards from (a hand) in order to dispose of as many cards as necessary preparatory to surrendering the lead to an opponent so that any card the opponent plays will be to their disadvantage.

Mining. to strip-mine.

Chemistry. to remove the most volatile components from, as by distillation or evaporation.

Finance. to split (a bond) for selling separately as a principal certificate and as interest coupons.

Surgery. to remove (a vein) by pulling it inside out through a small incision, using a long, hooked instrument.

to perform a striptease.

to become stripped: Bananas strip easily.

Aeronautics.

Philately. three or more stamps joined either in a horizontal or vertical row.

Informal. striplight.

(sometimes initial capital letter) a road, street, or avenue, usually in a city or a main thoroughfare between outlying suburbs, densely lined on both sides by a large variety of retail stores, gas stations, restaurants, bars, etc.: Sunset Strip in Los Angeles.

strip steak.

drag strip.

to broadcast (a television series) in multiple related segments, as daily from Monday through Friday.

(tr) to denude or empty completely

(tr) to deprive: he was stripped of his pride

(tr) to rob or plunder

(tr) to remove (paint, varnish, etc) from (a surface, furniture, etc) by sanding, with a solvent, etc: stripped pine

Also: pluck (tr) to pull out the old coat of hair from (dogs of certain long- and wire-haired breeds)

(tr) agriculture to draw the last milk from each of the teats of (a cow)

to dismantle (an engine, mechanism, etc)

to tear off or break (the thread) from (a screw, bolt, etc) or (the teeth) from (a gear)

(often foll by down) to remove the accessories from (a motor vehicle): his car was stripped down

to remove (the most volatile constituent) from (a mixture of liquids) by boiling, evaporation, or distillation

printing (usually foll by in) to combine (pieces of film or paper) to form a composite sheet from which a plate can be made

(tr) (in freight transport) to unpack (a container): See also stuffing and stripping

philately a horizontal or vertical row of three or more unseparated postage stamps

the clothes worn by the members of a team, esp a football team

commerce a triple option on a security or commodity consisting of one call option and two put options at the same price and for the same period: Compare strap (def. 5)

NZ short for dosing strip

tear someone off a strip informal to rebuke (someone) angrily