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Strip for Dummies

verb

pronunciation: strɪp

What does Strip really mean?

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Alright, so "strip" can mean a few different things, but I'll try to explain it as simply as I can. When we talk about "stripping," we might mean taking off clothes or removing layers. For example, when you get ready for bed, you might strip off your clothes and get into your pajamas.

But "strip" can also mean to remove something from its place or to take something away. Like when we say someone "stripped" a screw, it means they removed the threads or the bumps on the screw, so it doesn't work properly. Or when we talk about "stripping" paint, it means to take the paint off a surface.

So, "strip" is kind of like if you were putting together a puzzle, and then someone came and took some of the pieces away or if you were building a tower with blocks, and then someone took some of the blocks off. It's about taking things off or removing them.

I hope that helps! Let me know if you still have any questions about it.

Revised and Fact checked by Sophia Martinez on 2023-11-14 14:58:22

Strip In a sentece

Learn how to use Strip inside a sentece

  • When you take off all your clothes before taking a bath, you are stripping.
  • In football, a player may strip the ball from the opponent's hands during a tackle.
  • Sometimes, when a piece of wood is damaged, you will need to strip off the old paint to make it look new again.
  • When you peel the skin off a banana, you are actually stripping it.
  • If you have a long strip of paper, you can fold it into a paper airplane.

Strip Synonyms

Words that can be interchanged for the original word in the same context.

airstrip bare cartoon strip clean comic strip denudate denude deprive despoil discase disinvest dismantle disrobe divest divest flight strip foray funnies landing strip leach loot peel pillage plunder ransack reave rifle slip strip down strip show striptease uncase unclothe undress undress

Strip Hypernyms

Words that are more generic than the original word.

airfield artefact artifact cartoon clear field flying field landing field lumber milk nude dancing part piece remove remove remove remove remove remove remove sketch smooth smoothen take take take take take take take take take take away take away take away take away take away take away take away take off timber withdraw withdraw withdraw withdraw withdraw withdraw withdraw

Strip Hyponyms

Words that are more specific than the original word.

band bark batten bereave burn off clean clean out cleat cramp cramp iron decorticate defoliate deplumate deplume deplume disarm displume displume dispossess expropriate fingerboard flare path furring furring strip jackstraw lead leading mullion orphan pale pare peel picket pluck pull reef ribbon ring row screed skin slat spillikin spline stay tab take off tape tear toothpick typewriter ribbon unarm unclothe unsex weather strip weather stripping weatherstrip weatherstripping

Strip Holonyms

The larger whole to which this word belongs.

comic book newspaper paper

Strip Meronyms

Words that are part of the original word.

frame runway

Strip Category

The domain category to which the original word belongs.

chemical science chemistry