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strip 1, verb (oh)



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1 ?take off clothes?
2 ?remove?
3 ?engines/equipment?
4 ?building/ship etc?
5 ?damage?
Phrasal verbs
strip something ¡û¡ú away
strip somebody of something
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[Language: Old English; Origin: -strypan]
?TAKE OFF CLOTHES?
a) [I and T] also strip off
to take off your clothes or take off someone else's clothes
-see also undress 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) [I] to take off your clothes in a sexually exciting way as entertainment for someone else
?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
?ENGINES/EQUIPMENT?
also strip down
[T] to separate an engine or piece of equipment into pieces in order to clean or repair it
-synonym dismantle dismantle
?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 .
?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
-see also asset stripping
strip away [strip sth ¡û¡ú 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.