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- pronunciation:
- strIp
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
strips, stripping, stripped |
| definition 1: |
to remove the outer covering or clothing from (something).
She stripped the table of its old paint before staining it.He stripped the walls of his room of all his old posters.- synonyms:
- denude, unclothe, undress
- antonyms:
- clothe, dress
- similar words:
- bare, disrobe, divest, flake, flay, hull, husk, pare, peel, remove, scrape, shuck, skin
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| definition 2: |
to remove (an outside layer or covering) from something.
What product are you using to strip the paint?I read that shampoo strips the oil from your hair. |
| definition 3: |
to deprive; divest.
The court will strip the company of its assets.- synonyms:
- deprive, divest
- antonyms:
- confer, invest, vest
- similar words:
- dispossess, expose, expropriate, rob
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| definition 4: |
to dismantle (something) piecemeal.
- synonyms:
- dismantle
- antonyms:
- assemble
- similar words:
- disassemble, take apart
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| definition 5: |
to clear out completely.
The thieves stripped the house of its furniture.- synonyms:
- clear out
- similar words:
- burglarize, clean out, despoil, gut, loot, plunder, raid, ransack, rob, sack
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| related words: |
bust, clear-cut, depose, desolate, disarray, pluck, rifle, scale, scrape, uncover |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to strip an object.
There is wallpaper on the walls, so we'll strip first and then paint. |
| definition 2: |
to remove all or most of one's clothing.
The patient stripped and put on a hospital gown.The men stripped down to their underwear and jumped into the river for a swim.- synonyms:
- disrobe, undress
- antonyms:
- dress
- similar words:
- striptease
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