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strip

The word “strip” has 1 syllable: strip

It's pronounced as /strɪp/

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In the thesaurus, “strip” has 46 synonyms and 26 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for strip along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for strip

Antonyms for strip

Meanings of strip

  • noun
    1. A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
    2. (usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
    3. A comic strip.
    4. A landing strip.
    5. A strip steak.
    6. A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
    7. The playing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
    8. The uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
    9. A trough for washing ore.
    10. The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
    11. A television series aired at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
    12. The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
    13. (of games) Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.
  • verb
    1. To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
    2. (usually intransitive) To take off clothing.
    3. To perform a striptease.
    4. To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
    5. To remove cargo from (a container).
    6. To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.
    7. To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
    8. To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
    9. To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.).
    10. To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
    11. To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
    12. To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.
    13. To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
    14. To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
    15. To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).
    16. To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.
    17. To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
    18. To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
    19. To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
    20. To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

Example Sentences

  • He used a strip of cloth to tie the package.
  • The soldiers marched down the landing strip.
  • She decided to strip the old wallpaper from the walls.
  • The comic strip in today’s newspaper was very funny.
  • They had to strip the machine to repair its inner parts.

On this page you'll find 72 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to strip, such as: abate, accouter, accoutre, animated cartoon, animation, apparel, array.

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