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 inspection or adjustment.

3》 remove (paint or varnish) from a surface.

4》 (strip someone of) deprive someone of (rank, power, or property).

5》 sell off (the assets of a company) for profit.

6》 tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.).

7》 (of a bullet) be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface.

noun

1》 an act of undressing, especially in a striptease.

    ↘[as modifier] used for or involving the performance of stripteases.

2》 Brit. the identifying outfit worn by the members of a sports team while playing.

Origin

ME: of Gmc origin; sense 2 of the noun is perh. from the notion of clothing to which a player ‘strips’ down.

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strip²

noun

1》 a long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, etc.

    ↘steel or other metal in the form of narrow flat bars.

2》 a long, narrow area of land.

    ↘chiefly N. Amer. a main road lined with shops and other facilities.

Origin

ME: from or related to Mid. Low Ger. strippe 'strap, thong', prob. also to stripe.