striped
- adjective
- /straɪpt/
- The zebra is easily recognized by its distinctive striped coat, which helps it camouflage in the wild.
- striped bass
- striped patterns
I'm in a white shirt, a striped tie, a blue suit.
- I'm in a white shirt, a striped tie, a blue suit.
- It's just a Navy striped long sleeved sweatshirt type top.
- Blue jeans and striped shirts on the wrong side of the world.
- Yeah, H&M; home, this lovely little striped apron.
- And finally, she said, And you had a striped tie on with a red stain on it.
- There are these blue and white striped low top sneakers.
Examples
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And it's just this black and white striped sweater.
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Nice striped shirt, Luigi.
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And it is striped black and white.
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The striped one seems to be the leader.
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It's almost like all I wear is striped Navy and white.
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I will not be caught dead in striped pants.
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I'm in a white shirt, a striped tie, a blue suit.
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There are these blue and white striped low top sneakers.
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We went to London, and as we were checking into the hotel, there was a man in a formal coat and striped pants... standing at the front entrance of the hotel.
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Wayne wore a new button-down striped shirt with creases still in it from the package.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
Having thin lines and uneven patches of different color or texture, like marks on bacon and skin
Fabric with very thin, straight stripes often used for suits
Having lines in different colors, like a shirt with blue and white lines
Having orange and black stripes like a tiger
It has red stripes in its pattern
With yellow lines on the surface, often on animals or objects
Having stripes or rings on the surface
Marked with stripes or bands of colour across the surface
Paper with printed lines to help you write
Having long thin lines or marks on a surface
Marked with round bands that go around it
Having bright horizontal stripes, often on fabric
It has red lines across its surface
Having red or slightly red stripes
Marked with brown lines
Having brownish stripes on clothes or animals
Having yellow bands or stripes on the body, like many insects
Marked with black stripes across the body, like on birds or fish
It has thin violet lines on it
Having thin white lines on a surface, for example feathers or stone
Antonyms
Compounds
- US
A large fish with dark lines along its body that people eat and catch for sport
A small thin lizard with long stripes that lives on the Colorado Plateau in Arizona and western Colorado
A wildflower with almost no leaves, red stems, and pale pink flowers with brown stripes
A tree with green-and-white striped bark and large leaves that turn bright yellow in autumn
- South African
A small ferret-like African animal with black-and-white fur that people sometimes keep as a pet
A fish with dark horizontal stripes that lives in warm coastal waters and is often caught
A small black animal with white stripes that sprays a strong bad smell when scared
A small squirrel from eastern North America with dark stripes on its back that stores food in its cheek pouches
A blue-violet wildflower with stripes that grows in wet meadows in eastern North America
A medium-sized wild animal with sandy gray fur and black stripes that lives in Africa, Arabia and India
A small tree from eastern North America with striped green bark and large leaves that turn yellow in autumn
How Striped
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word striped comes from the simple word stripe, which is related to strip meaning 'a long, thin piece' of cloth or color. So striped means 'having long, thin bands', like a striped towel or a cat with stripes.