to strip
42
2.7
- verb
- /strɪp/
:
quitar
- Please strip the labels off these bottles before recycling them.
- strip away
So this allows that that deception to be stripped away, to be overcome.
- So this allows that that deception to be stripped away, to be overcome.
- And so we were trying to do stuff to strip our numbers down.
- And that suggested that the stars were starting to get stripped off this Galaxy.
- But they were actually stripping the the granite away from the pyramid.
- And Bitcoin is and by when you make it boring, you strip the performance out of it.
Examples
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We gotta strip all the sheets, we gotta start washing them.
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For the most part, hardwood companies strip logs and dispose of the bark.
Academic text (1999) -
We can probably use this thing to strip that, and indeed we can.
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I suggest you get to your car quick before these people start to strip it clean.
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I thought I'd strip the engine down, give it a clean.
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All right, time to strip some wire and start connecting.
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Betty goes upstairs to the living room and starts to strip the plastic coverings from the furniture.
Fiction book (1997) -
Strider starts to strip the meat off a hare he's roasting over the flames.
Fiction book (1996) -
To prepare the cables for connection, you need to strip the insulation off the ends.
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He will strip the paint from the old furniture to restore it.
Synonyms
260
1.0
To empty something completely
77
3.2
To remove a shape from paper or cloth using scissors
64
4.2
Take something apart into separate pieces
31
4.1
To show something that was hidden, often feelings or body parts
27
4.0
Remove an outside layer or covering from something to show what is under it
25
1.9
Cut very thin slices from things like cheese or wood
20
1.0
Remove dirt or marks from a surface by rubbing with a cloth
16
3.8
To get rid of something completely so it no longer exists
15
1.0
To take off paper or cloth that covers a gift
11
3.4
Remove a cover or layer by pulling it away slowly
10
1.8
To take things away from a place to make it tidy
9
3.7
To remove clothes or a cover completely and quickly
9
4.6
To cut a part from something with one quick move
8
3.4
To take off the outer layer by pulling it
8
3.0
Remove things from a surface to make it empty or clean
5
7.8
To remove a covering from something, leaving it bare
5
3.4
To remove a part from something with a knife or tool
1
3.4
To remove the outer covering from things like fruit or labels
1
4.7
To remove the top layer of something by rubbing it with sandpaper
1
9.9
To cut off a thin layer from leather or rubber to make it thinner
To remove plants and the top layer of soil from land so it becomes bare
To take cloth coverings off something to show it
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
To remove large areas of earth and rock to get minerals near the surface
Compounds
- NSFW
10
6.1
To make someone take off their clothes so police can check for hidden weapons or drugs
8
4.1
A tender cut of beef from the upper part of the cow's back often cooked as a steak
- Specialized
2
6.0
An open area where workers remove earth and rock to get minerals near the surface
- Offensive
1
5.7
A performance where a person slowly removes their clothes to music as a sexual display
- Specialized
1
9.9
A long thin band with a half twist whose ends join to form only one side
- Specialized
1
8.8
A thin strip of wood or metal that makes a flat surface for attaching boards
- Specialized
A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings
- Jargon
A state when planes and their crews are ready to take off immediately for defense
- Specialized
Long narrow light tubes, often LED or fluorescent, that give even light
- Specialized
Growing crops in narrow strips across a slope to stop soil washing away
- Specialized
A person who removes topsoil and rock with large machines to get coal or minerals
A simple card game for two players where one player tries to win all the other player's cards
How Bare
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb strip has long meant 'take away' or 'make bare'. So to strip a building or object is to remove its covering or contents and leave it bare.