Definition of strip

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Strip (v. t.) 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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Bereave :: Bereave (v. t.) To make destitute; to deprive; to strip; -- with of before the person or thing taken away.
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc..
Unglaze :: Unglaze (v. t.) To strip of glass; to remove the glazing, or glass, from, as a window..
Strap :: Strap (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop..
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship..
Excoriation :: Excoriation (n.) The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion..
Bar :: Bar (n.) To cross with one or more stripes or lines.
Welt :: Welt (n.) In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it..
Tongue :: Tongue (n.) A point, or long, narrow strip of land, projecting from the mainland into a sea or a lake..
String :: String (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together..
Macho :: Macho (n.) The striped mullet of California (Mugil cephalus, / Mexicanus)..
Calamanco :: Calamanco (n.) A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked..
Batten :: Batten (n .) A strip of sawed stuff, or a scantling; as, (a) pl. (Com. & Arch.) Sawed timbers about 7 by 2 1/2 inches and not less than 6 feet long. Brande & C. (b) (Naut.) A strip of wood used in fastening the edges of a tarpaulin to the deck, also around masts to prevent chafing. (c) A long, thin strip used to strengthen a part, to cover a crack, etc..
Reim :: Reim (n.) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair, and rendered pliable, -- used for twisting into ropes, etc..
Colorado Beetle :: Colorado beetle () A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle..
Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
Unstriped :: Unstriped (a.) Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers..
Flense :: Flense (v. t.) To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps..
Bare :: Bare (a.) To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast..
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