to strip
1
6.5
- verb
- /strɪp/
- Specialized
:
deshojar
- Megatherium's long tongue helped it strip off leaves, which it shredded with unusual back teeth—hard, with high, deeply ridged crowns, but no enamel.
- strip the leaves
So I can think and look at a tree and go, wow, I could take that branch and strip off the the leaves and create a tool.
- So I can think and look at a tree and go, wow, I could take that branch and strip off the the leaves and create a tool.
- So now I have an arduous process of coming through with a knife and just stripping out the stems, which takes a little bit of time.
Examples
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Hold the sorrel leaf by the stem, and use your other hand to strip off the leaves.
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With the other hand, he begins to strip off the outer leaves.
Fiction book (2002) -
So I can think and look at a tree and go, wow, I could take that branch and strip off the the leaves and create a tool.
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One of the men strips the chicken of its feathers and roasts it over an open fire.
Academic text (1991) -
Also, it's tough to strip the rice off the plant head because the straw stays green longer and doesn't dry down.
Academic text (1997) -
In large numbers, grasshoppers can strip every leaf off rangeland grasses.
Academic text (1996) -
After the plants have hung in the barn for six weeks to two months, the farmer takes them down; he must strip the cured leaves from the stalk to prepare them for market.
Academic text (2011) -
The birds strip off foliage for nesting material, and plants are killed by the accumulation of guano, which is acidic.
Academic text (2009) -
To prepare the artichokes, strip off all the dark outer leaves until you reach the pale-green inner leaves.
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After the vine above the cut dies, strip it off by hand.
Synonyms
9
3.7
To remove clothes or a cover completely and quickly
Cut off small parts by pinching or snipping
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 Complete
5
7.8
- Specialized
1
7.4
- Specialized
1
6.5
95
2.6
77
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb strip in farming means 'take off' leaves or the last milk, coming from the basic sense 'take away'. So to strip tobacco or to strip a cow is to remove what is left.