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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Strip \Strip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stripped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stripping.] [OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str?pan in bestr?pan
     to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen.]
     1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder;
        especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel;
        as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his
        privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes;
        to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark.
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              And strippen her out of her rude array. --Chaucer.
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              They stripped Joseph out of his coat. --Gen. xxxvii.
                                                    23.
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              Opinions which . . . no clergyman could have avowed
              without imminent risk of being stripped of his gown.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     2. To divest of clothing; to uncover.
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              Before the folk herself strippeth she. --Chaucer.
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              Strip your sword stark naked.         --Shak.
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     3. (Naut.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging,
        spars, etc.
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     4. (Agric.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.
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     5. To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk
        from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand
        on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow.
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     6. To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [Obs.]
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              When first they stripped the Malean promontory.
                                                    --Chapman.
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              Before he reached it he was out of breath,
              And then the other stripped him.      --Beau. & Fl.
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     7. To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest
        away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the
        bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back;
        to strip away all disguisses.
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              To strip bad habits from a corrupted heart, is
              stripping off the skin.               --Gilpin.
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     8. (Mach.)
        (a) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the
            thread is stripped.
        (b) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the
            bolt is stripped.
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     9. To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by
        acids or electrolytic action.
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     10. (Carding) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said
         of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
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     11. To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and
         tie them into ``hands''; to remove the midrib from
         (tobacco leaves).
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Stripping \Strip"ping\, n.
     1. The act of one who strips.
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              The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of
              the original prostrations and strippings of the
              captive.                              --H. Spencer.
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              Never were cows that required such stripping. --Mrs.
                                                    Gaskell.
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     2. pl. The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Strip \Strip\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stripped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stripping.] [OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str?pan in bestr?pan
     to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen.]
     1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder;
        especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel;
        as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his
        privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes;
        to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark.
  
              And strippen her out of her rude array. --Chaucer.
  
              They stripped Joseph out of his coat. --Gen. xxxvii.
                                                    23.
  
              Opinions which . . . no clergyman could have avowed
              without imminent risk of being stripped of his gown.
                                                    --Macaulay.
  
     2. To divest of clothing; to uncover.
  
              Before the folk herself strippeth she. --Chaucer.
  
              Strip your sword stark naked.         --Shak.
  
     3. (Naut.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging,
        spars, etc.
  
     4. (Agric.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.
  
     5. To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk
        from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand
        on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow.
  
     6. To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [Obs.]
  
              When first they stripped the Malean promontory.
                                                    --Chapman.
  
              Before he reached it he was out of breath, And then
              the other stripped him.               --Beau. & Fl.
  
     7. To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest
        away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the
        bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back;
        to strip away all disguisses.
  
              To strip bad habits from a corrupted heart, is
              stripping off the skin.               --Gilpin.
  
     8. (Mach.)
        (a) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the
            thread is stripped.
        (b) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the
            bolt is stripped.
  
     9. To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by
        acids or electrolytic action.
  
     10. (Carding) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said
         of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
  
     11. To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and
         tie them into ``hands''; to remove the midrib from
         (tobacco leaves).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Stripping \Strip"ping\, n.
     1. The act of one who strips.
  
              The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of
              the original prostrations and strippings of the
              captive.                              --H. Spencer.
  
              Never were cows that required such stripping. --Mrs.
                                                    Gaskell.
  
     2. pl. The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  strip
       n 1: a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat
            strip of muscle"
       2: artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material [syn:
           slip]
       3: an airfield without normal airport facilities [syn: airstrip,
           flight strip, landing strip]
       4: a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or
          comic book [syn: comic strip, cartoon strip]
       5: thin piece of wood or metal
       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]
       v 1: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the
            Jews of all their assets" [syn: deprive, divest]
       2: get undressed; "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, dress]
       3: remove the surface from; "strip wood"
       4: remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the
          soil" [syn: leach]
       5: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: denude, bare, denudate]
       6: 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]
       7: 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]
       8: strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco"
       9: remove the thread (of screws)
       10: remove a constituent from a liquid
       11: take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" [syn: dismantle]
       12: draw the last milk (of cows)
       13: 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]
       [also: stripping, stripped]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stripping
       n : the removal of covering [syn: denudation, uncovering, baring,
            husking]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  stripping
       See strip

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stripping
     n.
     The act of one who strips.
     vb.
     (present participle of en strip nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  stripping
     n.
     The act of one who strips.
     vb.
     (present participle of en strip nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  stripping
     n.
     The act of one who strips.
     vb.
     (present participle of en strip nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  stripping
     n.
     The act of one who strips.
     vb.
     (present participle of en strip nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stripping
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s trip ping)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  stripping
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en strip ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/
  التعرية

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  obnažování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  loupání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  slupování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  svlékání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  stahování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  svléknutí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/
   [eko] stripování (vody)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  demontování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  odstraňování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  stripping /stɹˈɪpɪŋ/ 
  stírání