strip

strip¹ [strıp] v past tense and past participle stripped present participle stripping

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

1¦(take off clothes)¦

2¦(remove)¦

3¦(engines/equipment)¦

4¦(building/ship etc)¦

5¦(damage)¦

Phrasal verbs

　strip something<=>away

　strip somebody of something

▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

[: Old English; Origin: -strypan]

1.) ¦(TAKE OFF CLOTHES)¦

a) [I and T] also strip off

to take off your clothes or take off someone else's clothes

→↑undress

▪ Jack stripped and jumped into the shower.

▪ The prisoner was stripped and beaten.

strip off sth

▪ He stripped off his sweater and threw it onto the couch.

▪ Eric stood in the hot sun, stripped to the waist (=not wearing any clothes on the top half of his body) .

▪ Terry stripped down to her bra and pants (=removed all her clothes except her bra and pants) and tried on the dress.

▪ The boys stripped naked and jumped in the pond.

b)

to take off your clothes in a sexually exciting way as entertainment for someone else

2.) ¦(REMOVE)¦ [T]

to remove something that is covering the surface of something else

▪ Strip the beds and wash the sheets.

strip sth off/from sth

▪ We need to strip the wallpaper off the walls first.

strip sth of sth

▪ tall windows stripped of curtains

3.) ¦(ENGINES/EQUIPMENT)¦ [i]also strip down [T]

to separate an engine or piece of equipment into pieces in order to clean or repair it

= ↑dismantle

4.) ¦(BUILDING/SHIP ETC)¦ [T]

to remove everything that is inside a building, all the equipment from a car etc so that it is completely empty

▪ The apartment had been stripped bare .

5.) ¦(DAMAGE)¦ [T]

to damage or break the ↑gears of something or the ↑thread (=raised line) on a screw so that it does not work correctly any more

→↑asset stripping

strip away [strip sth<=>away] phr v

to remove something, especially something that hides or protects someone or something

▪ His book aims to strip away the lies and show the world as it really is.

strip of [strip sb of sth] phr v

to take away something important from someone as a punishment, for example their title, property, or power

▪ Captain Evans was found guilty and stripped of his rank.

strip ²

strip² W3 n

[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Low German strippe 'strap']

1.) a long narrow piece of paper, cloth etc

▪ a strip of paper

2.) a long narrow area of land

▪ A strip of sand between the cliffs and the sea.

3.) do a strip

to take your clothes off, especially in a sexually exciting way as a form of entertainment

4.) AmE a road with a lot of shops, restaurants etc along it

▪ the Las Vegas strip

5.) [usually singular] BrE

the clothes worn by a sports team

▪ Liverpool's famous red strip

6.) a ↑strip cartoon

→↑comic strip, ↑landing strip

→tear sb off a strip at ↑tear² (8)