All strip synonyms
strip
S s verb strip
- doff β to remove or take off, as clothing.
- mark down β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- copping β the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
- depopulated β (of a place) reduced in population
- delaminate β to divide or cause to divide into thin layers
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- fleece β the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- lofted β a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- creamed β the fatty part of milk, which rises to the surface when the liquid is allowed to stand unless homogenized.
- deescalate β To decrease in intensity or magnitude.
- de-escalate β to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
- depopulate β To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
- forayed β a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
- deprive β If you deprive someone of something that they want or need, you take it away from them, or you prevent them from having it.
- hacked β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- lay waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- dig up β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- housebreaking β to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- demilitarise β (British) alternative spelling of demilitarize.
- dichotomize β to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
- get out of β extricate oneself from
- defalcate β to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
- demilitarize β To demilitarize an area means to ensure that all military forces are removed from it.
- despoil β To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it.
- lofting β a room, storage area, or the like within a sloping roof; attic; garret.
- ferreting β a domesticated, usually red-eyed, and albinic variety of the polecat, used in Europe for driving rabbits and rats from their burrows.
- leave no stone unturned β the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
noun strip
- firebreak β a strip of plowed or cleared land made to check the spread of a prairie or forest fire.
- fireguard β a person trained in fire prevention and safety: We're looking for volunteer fireguards for Sunday's performance.
- airfield β An airfield is an area of ground where aircraft take off and land. It is smaller than an airport.
- lintel β a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- foreland β a cape, headland, or promontory.
- kit β Christopher ("Kit") 1809β68, U.S. frontiersman and scout.
- cordon β A cordon is a line or ring of police, soldiers, or vehicles preventing people from entering or leaving an area.
- cilia β the eyelashes
- copula β A copula is the same as a linking verb.
- crosspiece β a transverse beam, joist, etc
- corse β Corsica
- lapel β either of the two parts of a garment folded back on the chest, especially a continuation of a coat collar.
- isthmus β a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land.
- footlet β a low sock for women covering either the whole foot below the ankle or only the toes, worn for protection or warmth.
- bookmark β A bookmark is a narrow piece of card or leather that you put between the pages of a book so that you can find a particular page easily.
- burlesque β A burlesque is a performance or a piece of writing that makes fun of something by copying it in an exaggerated way. You can also use burlesque to refer to a situation in real life that is like this.
- bookmarks β a ribbon or other marker placed between the pages of a book to mark a place.
- boulder β A boulder is a large rounded rock.
- lath β a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.
- masthead β Also called flag. a statement printed in all issues of a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually on the editorial page, giving the publication's name, the names of the owner and staff, etc.
- birch β A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
- wale β something that is selected as the best; choice.