strip

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music

   I did a strip for my partner, to celebrate their new promotion.

2. 2
   noun

   a relatively long narrow piece of something

   I cut a strip of cloth from the fabric.

3. 3
   verb

   to remove someone's or one's own clothes

   They told me to strip before entering the hot tub.

4. 4
   verb

   take off or remove

   strip a wall of its wallpaper

5. 5
   verb

   remove the surface from

   strip wood

6. 6
   verb

   strip the cured leaves from

   strip tobacco

7. 7
   verb

   take away possessions from someone

   The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets

8. 8
   noun

   A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.

   The countries were in dispute over the ownership of a strip of desert about 100 metres wide.

Etymology

From Middle English strepen, strippen, from Old English strīepan (“plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *strēpōną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ter(h₁)- (“to be stiff; be rigid; exert”). Probably related to German Strafe (“deprivation, fine, punishment”).