- strip
- strip1verb (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.noun1》 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.OriginME: of Gmc origin; sense 2 of the noun is perh. from the notion of clothing to which a player ‘strips’ down.————————strip2noun1》 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.OriginME: from or related to Mid. Low Ger. strippe 'strap, thong', prob. also to stripe.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.