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to strip

to strip

2 8.2
Damage a screw head or thread so it cannot be turned
  • verb
  • /strɪp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desgastar la rosca
  • Be careful when using power tools; over-tightening can cause the screws to strip.

OK, so more torque for for strip screws, stuff like that.

Examples

  • His forward progress had pretty much been stopped, but Linfield strips the ball and Forman recovers.

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  • Don't strip the threads.

  • OK, so more torque for for strip screws, stuff like that.

  • I didn't want to break it or strip the gears.

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  • And we did that a lot with the inflatables that you, if you use spur gears, strip the gears out.

  • Using the wrong size screwdriver can make the screw heads strip and difficult to remove.

  • If you don't use the right torque, you risk stripping the threads on the bolts.

Antonyms

352 2.3

Work done to fix something that is broken

68 1.6

Hold something in place so it cannot move

Phrasal Verbs

27 4.0

Remove an outside layer or covering from something to show what is under it

12 5.1

To take off most or all of your clothes

9 3.7

To remove clothes or a cover completely and quickly

to strip-mine
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Remove the top layers of soil to get minerals using large machines

to strip mine
  • Specialized
6.6

To remove large areas of earth and rock to get minerals near the surface

to strip-mine
  • Literature
7.1

Take large amounts of data quickly from a website or database to sell

Compounds

28 1.8

A series of drawings with short words that tells a short story or joke

28 4.8

A small coastal area between Israel and Egypt on the Mediterranean Sea

20 3.0

A row of stores and restaurants with a parking lot in front along a busy road

10 6.1

To make someone take off their clothes so police can check for hidden weapons or drugs

9 7.6

A bar or club where dancers take off their clothes for paying customers

A short, simple runway where small planes land and take off

8 4.1

A tender cut of beef from the upper part of the cow's back often cooked as a steak

strip poker
  • Offensive
5 7.1

A poker game where players take off clothes when they lose

3 3.2

A tender cut of beef from the back of the cow often served as a thick piece

strip mine
  • Specialized
2 6.0

An open area where workers remove earth and rock to get minerals near the surface

strip mining
  • Specialized
2 5.3

A way of removing soil and rock from land to get coal or minerals

A series of drawings with short words that tell a joke or story

1 1.0

A thin slice of bacon cooked until it is crisp and eaten as food

strip show
  • Offensive
1 5.7

A performance where a person slowly removes their clothes to music as a sexual display

Mobius strip
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A long thin band with a half twist whose ends join to form only one side

furring strip
  • Specialized
1 8.8

A thin strip of wood or metal that makes a flat surface for attaching boards

1 6.3

A paved strip at an airport that planes use to move to or from the runway

barrier strip
  • Specialized
7.7

A small block with screws that connects electric wires securely

bimetallic strip
  • Specialized
5.5

A thin strip of two metals joined together that bends when heated

field-strip
  • Jargon
7.6

A quick taking apart of a gun for cleaning without tools

flight strip
  • Specialized
7.2

A simple place where planes land without airport buildings for emergencies or military landings

A long narrow piece of leather used for tying or fastening things

strip alert
  • Jargon
7.9

A state when planes and their crews are ready to take off immediately for defense

strip lighting
  • Specialized
3.5

Long narrow light tubes, often LED or fluorescent, that give even light

strip cropping
  • Specialized
5.7

Growing crops in narrow strips across a slope to stop soil washing away

strip miner
  • Specialized
7.4

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

4.3

A thin strip on doors or windows that stops cold air and water entering

How Damaged

to ruin
2.0
to strip
  • Specialized
2 8.2
to damage
885 1.4
to nick
33 3.5

Surface Forms

strip infinitive
stripped past
stripped past participle
stripping present participle
strips third person singular

Etymology

When you strip a screw, you wear away its thread so it no longer works, keeping the idea of 'making bare' or 'taking away' the useful part. So a stripped screw has lost the part that let it hold.