strip
🇺🇸
/strɪp/
🇬🇧
/strɪp/
noun
C1
A long, thin piece of something like paper, metal, or cloth.
Cut the paper into thin strips for the craft.
C1
A long, narrow area of land or water.
A narrow strip of land connects the two islands.
R
The clothes worn by a sports team.
The team's new strip has bright colors.
R
Taking off clothes in a sexy way for an audience.
She did a strip on stage for the show.
R
A street with many shops and restaurants.
We walked along the busy strip looking for a place to eat.
R
A set of drawings in boxes that tell a story, like in newspapers.
I read the comic strip in the newspaper every Sunday.
verb
C1
To take off clothes.
He had to strip for the medical check-up.
R
To take off clothes as entertainment; to do a striptease.
She decided to strip at the club to earn money.
C1
To remove a layer from something.
You need to strip the old paint before repainting.
C1
To remove everything from a place, leaving it empty.
They had to strip the room of all furniture.
R
To take apart a machine to clean or fix it.
He knows how to strip and reassemble the engine quickly.
R
To take away someone's power, rights, or property as punishment.
The court can strip criminals of their assets.
translation
A long, thin piece of something like paper, metal, or cloth.; A long, narrow area of land or water.; The clothes worn by a sports team.; Taking off clothes in a sexy way for an audience.; A street with many shops and restaurants.; A set of drawings in boxes that tell a story, like in newspapers.
To take off clothes.; To take off clothes as entertainment; to do a striptease.; To remove a layer from something.; To remove everything from a place, leaving it empty.; To take apart a machine to clean or fix it.; To take away someone's power, rights, or property as punishment.
Word Forms
3rd Present
strips
Past
stripped
Perfect
stripped
Progressive
stripping
Plural
strips