- strip someone of
- deprive someone of (rank, power, or property).→ strip
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
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strip — [[t]strɪ̱p[/t]] ♦♦♦ strips, stripping, stripped 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it. ...a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them … English dictionary
strip — strip1 [ strıp ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to take off all your clothes or another person s clothes: They all stripped and ran into the water. Josh was stripped to the waist (=naked above the waist). strip naked: The soldiers were… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
strip */*/ — I UK [strɪp] / US verb Word forms strip : present tense I/you/we/they strip he/she/it strips present participle stripping past tense stripped past participle stripped 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to take off all of your clothes or all of… … English dictionary
strip — I. /strɪp / (say strip) verb (stripped or, Rare, stript, stripping) –verb (t) 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to deprive or divest: to strip a tree of its fruit. 4. to… …
strip — strip1 verb (strips, stripping, stripped) 1》 remove all coverings or clothes from. ↘take off one s clothes. 2》 leave bare of accessories or fittings. ↘remove the accessory fittings of or take apart (a machine, motor vehicle, etc.) for… … English new terms dictionary
strip-search — strip searches, strip searching, strip searched also strip search VERB: usu passive If a person is strip searched, someone such as a police officer makes them take off all their clothes and searches them, usually to see if they are carrying drugs … English dictionary
strip — ‘narrow piece’ [15] and strip ‘remove covering’ [13] are distinct words. The former was perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German strippe ‘strap’, and may be related to English stripe [17], an acquisition from Middle Dutch strīfe. A stripling [13]… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
strip — ‘narrow piece’ [15] and strip ‘remove covering’ [13] are distinct words. The former was perhaps borrowed from Middle Low German strippe ‘strap’, and may be related to English stripe [17], an acquisition from Middle Dutch strīfe. A stripling [13]… … Word origins
strip — Ⅰ. strip [1] ► VERB (stripped, stripping) 1) remove all coverings or clothes from. 2) take off one s clothes. 3) leave bare of accessories or fittings. 4) remove (paint) from a surface with solvent. 5) … English terms dictionary
Strip the willow — is a country or barn dance. It has variations depending upon whether it is being performed as a movement in a larger dance or a complete dance in itself.The form described here is that commonly used as part of an English barn dance.The dancers… … Wikipedia
