0%

strip

strip
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [strip]
    • /strɪp/
    • /strɪp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [strip]
    • /strɪp/

Definitions of strip word

  • verb with object strip to cut, tear, or form into strips. 1
  • verb with object strip Printing. to combine (a piece of film) with another, especially for making a combination plate of lines and halftones. 1
  • verb with object strip to broadcast (a television series) in multiple related segments, as daily from Monday through Friday. 1
  • verb without object strip to strip something. 1
  • verb without object strip to remove one's clothes. 1
  • verb without object strip to perform a striptease. 1

Information block about the term

Origin of strip

First appearance:

before 1175
One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; (v.) Middle English strippe, Old English *stryppan (compare Middle High German strupfen to strip off); replacing Middle English stripen, strepen, strupen (compare Old English bestrȳpan to rob, plunder)

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Strip

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

strip popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

strip usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Synonyms for strip

noun strip

  • aerodrome — An aerodrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
  • airdrome — An airdrome is a place or area where small aircraft can land and take off.
  • airfield — An airfield is an area of ground where aircraft take off and land. It is smaller than an airport.
  • airport — An airport is a place where aircraft land and take off, which has buildings and facilities for passengers.
  • airstrip — An airstrip is a stretch of land which has been cleared so that aircraft can take off and land.

verb strip

  • bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
  • bereave — to deprive (of) something or someone valued, esp through death
  • binning — a box or enclosed place for storing grain, coal, or the like.
  • break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
  • break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.

Antonyms for strip

verb strip

  • aurify — to turn into gold
  • begrime — to make dirty; soil
  • bricking — the falsification of evidence in order to bring a criminal charge
  • bushing — an adaptor having ends of unequal diameters, often with internal screw threads, used to connect pipes of different sizes
  • ceil — to line (a ceiling) with plaster, boarding, etc

Top questions with strip

  • how to strip?
  • how to strip cloth diapers?
  • how to strip tease?
  • how to play strip poker?
  • how to strip paint from wood?
  • how to cook new york strip?
  • how long is the las vegas strip?
  • how to cook strip steak?
  • how to strip hair color?
  • how to strip color from hair?
  • how to strip wallpaper?
  • how to put on strip lashes?
  • how to make a comic strip?
  • how to cook new york strip steak?
  • how to cook strip steak in the oven?

See also

Matching words

Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?