strip
1. a relatively long narrow piece of something (Freq. 8)
- he felt a flat strip of muscle
• Hypernyms:
part, piece
• Hyponyms:
row
2. artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
slip
• Hypernyms:
artifact, artefact
• Hyponyms:
band, ring, cramp, cramp iron, reef,
lead, leading, mullion, ribbon, typewriter ribbon, screed,
screed, tab, tape, weather strip, weatherstrip,
weather stripping, weatherstripping
3. an airfield without normal airport facilities (Freq. 4)
• Syn:
airstrip, flight strip, landing strip
• Hypernyms:
airfield, landing field, flying field, field
• Hyponyms:
flare path
• Part Meronyms:
runway
4. a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
comic strip, cartoon strip, funnies
• Hypernyms:
cartoon, sketch
• Part Holonyms:
newspaper, paper, comic book
• Part Meronyms:
frame
5. thin piece of wood or metal
• Hypernyms:
lumber, timber
• Hyponyms:
batten, cleat, fingerboard, furring strip, furring,
furring, spillikin, picket, pale, slat,
spline, toothpick
6. a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
- she did a strip right in front of everyone
• Syn:
striptease, strip show
• Derivationally related forms:
stripteaser (for: striptease)
• Hypernyms:
nude dancing
1. take away possessions from someone (Freq. 7)
- The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
• Syn:
deprive, divest
• Derivationally related forms:
divestiture (for: divest), deprivation (for: deprive)
• Hypernyms:
take
• Hyponyms:
disarm, unarm, expropriate, clean, dispossess,
clean out, unclothe, unsex, orphan, bereave
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
- They strip him of all his money
2. get undressed (Freq. 2)
- please don't undress in front of everybody!
- She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
• Syn:
undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip down,
disrobe, peel
• Ant:
dress (for: undress)
• Derivationally related forms:
peeler (for: peel), stripper, undress (for: undress)
• Hypernyms:
take off
• Hyponyms:
take off
• Verb Group:
undress, divest, disinvest
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They strip
3. remove the surface from (Freq. 1)
- strip wood
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Hyponyms:
skin, peel, pare, bark, decorticate,
pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They strip the trees
4. lay bare (Freq. 1)
- denude a forest
• Syn:
denude, bare, denudate
• Derivationally related forms:
denudation (for: denude)
• Hypernyms:
clear
• Hyponyms:
defoliate, burn off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They strip the trees
5. remove substances from by a percolating liquid (Freq. 1)
- leach the soil
• Syn:
leach
• Derivationally related forms:
leach (for: leach)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
6. remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
- The boys cleaned the sandwich platters
- The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm
• Syn:
clean
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody of something
- Somebody ----s PP
7. steal goods;
take as spoils
- During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
• Syn:
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, rifle,
ransack, pillage, foray
• Derivationally related forms:
pillage (for: pillage), pillager (for: pillage), pillaging (for: pillage), looter (for: loot), loot (for: loot), looting (for: loot), despoilment (for: despoil), despoliation (for: despoil), despoiler (for: despoil), plunderer (for: plunder), plunder (for: plunder), plundering (for: plunder)
• Hypernyms:
take
• Hyponyms:
deplume, displume
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. strip the cured leaves from
- strip tobacco
• Derivationally related forms:
stripper
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
9. remove the thread (of screws)
• Hypernyms:
smooth, smoothen
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
10. remove a constituent from a liquid
• Topics:
chemistry, chemical science
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
11. remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
- The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim
- She divested herself of her outdoor clothes
- He disinvested himself of his garments
• Syn:
undress, divest, disinvest
• Derivationally related forms:
undress (for: undress)
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Group:
undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip down,
disrobe, peel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to strip the prisoners
12. take off or remove
- strip a wall of its wallpaper
• Syn:
dismantle
• Derivationally related forms:
stripper, stripping
• Hypernyms:
remove, take, take away, withdraw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
13. draw the last milk (of cows)
• Hypernyms:
milk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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