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I UK [strɪp] / US verb
Word forms "strip":
present tense I/you/we/they strip he/she/it strips present participle stripping past tense stripped past participle stripped

1)

a) [intransitive/transitive] to take off all of your clothes or all of another person's clothes

They all stripped and ran into the water.

Josh was stripped to the waist (= naked above the waist).

strip naked:

The soldiers were forced to strip naked in freezing temperatures.

b) [intransitive] to take off your clothes as entertainment

She made money stripping in bars.

2)

a) [transitive] to remove something that covers something

We spent the weekend stripping wallpaper.

strip something off/from something:

The wind had stripped the leaves from the trees.

b) to remove sheets and other covers from a bed

3) [transitive] to take something such as a machine apart

4)

a) [transitive] to take something away using force or authority

strip someone of something:

They stripped the prisoners of weapons and cash.

b) to remove everything useful from a room or a vehicle

Thieves had stripped the car when police found it.

Phrasal verbs:

- strip away

- strip down

- strip off

II UK [strɪp] / US noun
Word forms "strip":
singular strip plural strips

1)

a) [countable] a piece of something such as cloth, paper, or grass that is much longer than it is wide

a strip of tape

Cut the turkey into strips.

b) a long narrow area of land

The airport is built on a low-lying strip of land.

2) [countable] British a uniform worn by the players in a team

the French away strip (= worn by French players for games outside France)

3) [singular] a type of entertainment in which someone takes off their clothes

4) [countable] a comic strip