strip

noun

/strɪp/

Idioms

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long, narrow piece

a long narrow piece of paper, metal, cloth, etc.

a strip of material
Cut the meat into strips.

see also magnetic strip, Möbius strip, rumble strip

Extra Examples

The wallpaper can then be torn off in strips.
a card with a magnetic strip on the back
Cut a strip of paper 12cm wide.
His hands were tied behind his back with a strip of fabric.
a narrow strip of leather
grilled chicken strips

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

long
narrow
thin
…

strip + noun

steak

preposition

in strips
strip of

phrases

cut something into strips
tear something into strips

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a long narrow area of land, sea, etc.

the Gaza Strip
a tiny strip of garden
The islands are separated by a narrow strip of water.

see also airstrip, landing strip, nature strip

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

long
narrow
thin
…

strip + noun

steak

preposition

in strips
strip of

phrases

cut something into strips
tear something into strips

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of sports team

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[usually singular] (British English)

(North American English uniform)

the uniform that is worn by the members of a sports team when they are playing

Juventus in their famous black and white strip
the team’s away strip (= that they use when playing games away from home)

Topics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2

taking clothes off

[usually singular] an act of taking your clothes off, especially in a sexually exciting way and in front of an audience

to do a strip
a strip show

street

(North American English) a street that has many shops, stores, restaurants, etc. along it

Sunset Strip

Topics Transport by car or lorryc2

picture story

(North American English)

(also comic strip, cartoon)

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(British English also strip cartoon)

a series of drawings inside boxes that tell a story and are often published in newspapers

Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 and noun senses 5 to 6 late Middle English: from or related to Middle Low German strippe ‘strap, thong’, probably also to stripe. noun senses 3 to 4 Middle English (as a verb): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stropen. Sense (3) of the noun arose in the late 20th cent., possibly from the notion of clothing to which a player “strips” down.

Idioms

tear somebody off a strip | tear a strip off somebody

(British English, informal) to speak angrily to somebody who has done something wrong

strip

verb

/strɪp/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they strip	/strɪp/ /strɪp/
he / she / it strips	/strɪps/ /strɪps/
past simple stripped	/strɪpt/ /strɪpt/
past participle stripped	/strɪpt/ /strɪpt/
-ing form stripping	/ˈstrɪpɪŋ/ /ˈstrɪpɪŋ/

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take off clothes

[intransitive, transitive] to take off all or most of your clothes or another person’s clothes synonym undress

I stripped and washed myself all over.
They ordered us to strip and lie down on the grass.
strip down to something She stripped down to her underwear.
strip (something) off We stripped off and ran down to the water.
She stripped off her clothes and got into bed.
strip somebody (to something) He stood there stripped to the waist (= he had no clothes on the upper part of his body).
strip somebody + adj. He was stripped naked and left in a cell.

Extra Examples

Office workers stripped down to their shirtsleeves in the heatwave.
He stripped off his shirt.

Topics Clothes and Fashionc1

Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition

off
(down) to

phrases

strip (somebody) naked
strip to the waist

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[intransitive] to take off your clothes as a form of entertainment; to perform a striptease

remove layer

[transitive] to remove a layer from something, especially so that it is completely exposed

strip something (off) Strip off all the existing paint.
After the guests had gone, I stripped all the beds (= removed all the sheets in order to wash them).
strip A off/from B Deer had stripped all the bark off the tree.
strip B of A Deer had stripped the tree of its bark.

Topics Houses and homesc1, Buildingsc1

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb

completely
away
off
…

preposition

from
of
off
…

phrases

strip something bare

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remove everything

[transitive] to remove all the things from a place and leave it empty

strip something (out) We had to strip out all the old wiring and start again.
strip something away First, you need to strip away all the old plaster.
(figurative) The movie aims to strip away the lies surrounding Kennedy's life.
strip something + adj. Thieves had stripped the house bare.

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb

completely
away
off
…

preposition

from
of
off
…

phrases

strip something bare

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machine

[transitive] strip something (down) to separate a machine, etc. into parts so that they can be cleaned or repaired synonym dismantle

He strips and cleans his rifle every morning.
They taught us how to strip down a car engine and put it back together again.

punishment

[transitive] strip somebody of something to take away property or honours from somebody, as a punishment

He was disgraced and stripped of his title.
The president had been completely stripped of power.

Word Originverb Middle English (as a verb): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stropen.