strip
/stɹɪp/ · noun
Meaning
- A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
- (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
- A comic strip.
- A landing strip.
- A strip steak.
- A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
- The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
- (of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
- To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
- (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
- To perform a striptease.
- To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
- To remove cargo from (a container).
- To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
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