Dictionary definition · strip
noun
- a relatively long narrow piece of something"he felt a flat strip of muscle"
- artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
- an airfield without normal airport facilities
- a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
- thin piece of wood or metal
- a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music"she did a strip right in front of everyone"
verb
- take away possessions from someone"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
- get undressed"please don't undress in front of everybody!"
- remove the surface from"strip wood"
- remove substances from by a percolating liquid"leach the soil"
- lay bare"denude a forest"
- steal goods; take as spoils"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).