strip
To take clothes off your body or another person's body.
To take off all or most clothing from oneself or another person.
To take off the top layer or covering from something.
To remove a covering, coating, or outer layer from an object or surface.
A long, thin piece of something.
A long, thin section or area of something, such as fabric, paper, or land.
To take away someone's power, rights, or things they own.
To deprive someone of possessions, rights, status, or authority.
A short story told in pictures and words in boxes, usually in a newspaper.
A sequence of drawings arranged in panels that tell a short story or joke, often published in newspapers or online.
- Base: strip
- Plural: strips
- Base: strip
- 3rd Person Singular: strips
- Present Participle: stripping
- Past: stripped
- Irregular present participle: stripping Verb
- Irregular past: stripped Verb
strip away
1Gradually remove layers/aspects
To slowly remove layers from something, or to take away unnecessary parts of an idea or situation.
- They stripped away the old wallpaper to reveal brick underneath.
- The investigation stripped away all lies and revealed the truth.
strip down
1Remove clothes or machine parts
To take off most or all clothes, or to take apart a machine for cleaning or repair.
- The mechanic stripped down the engine to find the problem.
- He stripped down to his shorts before jumping in the pool.
strip off
1Remove clothes quickly/completely
To take clothes off quickly or completely.
- She stripped off her wet coat as soon as she came inside.
- He stripped off and ran into the sea.
comic strip
1short cartoon sequence in print
A short story told in pictures, usually printed in newspapers or magazines.
- I love reading the Sunday comic strips.
- I read my favorite comic strip every Sunday.
- That comic strip always makes me laugh.
- The newspaper's comic strip always makes me smile.
strip search
1Search by removing clothes
To check someone for hidden things by making them take off their clothes.
- The suspect was taken into custody and given a strip search.
- The suspect was taken into custody for a strip search.
- Airport security performed a strip search after finding suspicious items.
- Airport security rarely performs a strip search without cause.