strip1
¦ verb (strips, stripping, stripped)
1. remove all coverings or clothes from.
take off one's clothes.
2. leave bare of accessories or fittings.
remove the accessory fittings of or take apart (a machine, motor vehicle, etc.) for inspection or adjustment.
3. remove (paint or varnish) from a surface.
4. (strip someone of) deprive someone of (rank, power, or property).
5. sell off (the assets of a company) for profit.
6. tear the thread or teeth from (a screw, gearwheel, etc.).
7. (of a bullet) be fired from a rifled gun without spin owing to a loss of surface.
¦ noun
1. an act of undressing, especially in a striptease.
[as modifier] used for or involving the performance of stripteases.
2. Brit. the identifying outfit worn by the members of a sports team while playing.
Origin
ME: of Gmc origin; sense 2 of the noun is perh. from the notion of clothing to which a player 'strips' down.
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strip2
¦ noun
1. a long, narrow piece of cloth, paper, etc.
steel or other metal in the form of narrow flat bars.
2. a long, narrow area of land.
chiefly N. Amer. a main road lined with shops and other facilities.
Origin
ME: from or related to Mid. Low Ger.
strippe 'strap, thong', prob. also to
stripe.