stripverb
uk/strɪp/us/strɪp/-pp-strip verb (REMOVE COVER)
[ T ] to remove, pull, or tear the covering or outer layer from something:
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Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- flay
- fling sth/sb out
- flush
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw sth away/out
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- weed
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strip verb (REMOVE CLOTHING)
[ I or T ] UK also strip off [ I ] to remove your clothing, or to remove all the clothing of someone else:
[ I ] to remove your clothing as an entertainment:
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Not wearing or removing clothes
- altogether
- bare
- barefoot
- bareheaded
- birthday
- buff
- commando
- fling
- in shirtsleeves idiom
- in the buff idiom
- in the raw idiom
- in your birthday suit idiom
- in your stocking(ed) feet idiom
- shirtsleeve
- shuck
- shuck sth off
- slip
- slip out of sth
- streaker
- throw sth off
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strip verb (REMOVE PARTS)
[ T ] to remove parts of a machine, vehicle, or engine in order to clean or repair it:
[ T ] mainly US to remove the parts of a car, etc. in order to sell them
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Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- artificer
- automatic
- automatically
- automative
- hydraulic
- idle
- internal combustion engine
- mechanic
- mechanical
- mechanically
- octane
- octane number
- outboard motor
- tick
- tick over
- torque
- tune
- vane
- wheelbase
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Phrasal verb(s)
stripnoun
uk/strɪp/us/strɪp/strip noun (PIECE)
C1 [ C ] a long, flat, narrow piece:
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Bands, straps and strips
- band
- bar
- belt
- binding
- blindfold
- collar
- dog collar
- duct tape
- gag
- masking tape
- raffia
- ribbon
- rubber band
- Scotch tape
- stripe
- sweatband
- tape
- thong
- webbing
- wristband
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strip noun (CLOTHING)
[ C usually singular ] UK the clothing worn by a football team that has the team's colours on it:
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Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- footballing
- futsal
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- relegation
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scissor kick
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
- stoppage
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strip noun (REMOVE CLOTHING)
[ S ] UK an entertainment in which the performer removes all his or her clothing:
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Not wearing or removing clothes
- altogether
- bare
- barefoot
- bareheaded
- birthday
- buff
- commando
- fling
- in shirtsleeves idiom
- in the buff idiom
- in the raw idiom
- in your birthday suit idiom
- in your stocking(ed) feet idiom
- shirtsleeve
- shuck
- shuck sth off
- slip
- slip out of sth
- streaker
- throw sth off
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