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stripping

stripping

17 4.1
Removing a cover or outer layer from something
  • noun
  • /ˈstrɪpɪŋ/
translation icon : eliminación
  • Hardest part was probably the wheel wells stripping that factory undercoating, which is difficult.
  • air stripping
  • stripping away
  • stripping process

She taught me basic tips for stripping, sanding, and repainting or staining wood.

Examples

  • To become an educated person has historically involved the stripping away of superstition.

    Academic text (1991)
  • So I got some cleaning and stripping and other stuff to do.

  • I want to enter the stripping competition.

  • For easy stripping and cleaning.

  • I was not game for using the stripping gel on every layer of paint.

    Blog text (28)
  • Pilgrimage was a kenotic movement, a stripping away of the external sources of stability in one's life.

    Academic text (2008)
  • She works at the stripping place on the corner of Thieu and Tu Do Streets.

  • Propane torches, the old guy's best paint stripping pal, do get hot enough to vaporize lead.

    Blog text (15)
  • Cable stripping takes coolness and calmness and the ability not to hesitate or flinch.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The workers are focused on stripping the paint from the old furniture to restore its original look.

Synonyms

elimination
vsstripping
77 3.5

The act of removing something you do not need

means removing a covering or layer, not disposing of items
extraction
vsstripping
50 4.3

Removing something from a place using effort or force

focuses on taking off a covering or layer rather than effort used
baring
vsstripping
3 6.3

Removing a cover to show something hidden

removes a covering or layer without stressing the resulting exposure
husking
vsstripping
3.7

Removing the outer leaves from ears of corn to get the small seeds

applies to taking off any covering or layer, not only agricultural shells
denudation
vsstripping
  • Specialized
8.9

Removal of a surface layer, for example from skin or land by natural forces

covers removal of a covering or layer regardless of cause

Antonyms

12 1.1

A thing placed over something to protect or hide it

Compounds

weather stripping
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A thin piece of material placed around doors and windows to stop cold air, water or dust from entering

How Thorough

stripping
17 4.1
cleaning
335 1.0
peeling
1 2.3

Surface Forms

stripping singular
strippings plural

Morphology

stripping = strip (transparent) = strip + ing

Regular gerund/nominalization from the verb 'strip' with expected meaning 'the act of removing a covering'.

Etymology

Stripping comes from the verb strip, which long ago meant 'to pull off' or 'make bare'. Think of pulling away a long strip of material, so stripping is the action of removing a layer or cover.