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Strip

/stɹɪp/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Strip"

noun

1
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."
2
(usually countable, sometimes uncountable) A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
"I have some strip left over after fitting out the kitchen."
3
A comic strip.
4
A landing strip.

🔄 Synonyms of "Strip"

30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
slipnoun	(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
barenoun	Naked, uncovered.
foraynoun	A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
plundernoun	(transitive) To pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by force (as in war); to raid, sack.
cleanverb	Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
dismantleverb	(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
reaveverb	(archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.
divestverb	(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
lootnoun	(slang) Synonym of money.
ransackverb	(transitive) To search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray.
leachnoun	(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
pillagenoun	(ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war.
despoilverb	(transitive) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.
denudeverb	To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
riflenoun	(weaponry) A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
depriveverb	(transitive) Used with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
disrobeverb	(intransitive) To undress oneself.
dispossessverb	To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
undressverb	(intransitive) To remove one’s clothing.
denudateverb	Stripped bare; naked.
discaseverb	(archaic) To strip; to undress (remove cclothes)
stripteasenoun	The act of slowly taking off one's clothes to sexually arouse the viewer, often accompanied by music and in exchange for money.
landing stripnoun	(aviation) A runway for aircraft, especially one which is auxiliary or temporary.
strip downverb	(intransitive) To remove all of one's clothing.
airstripnoun	An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.

↔️ Antonyms of "Strip"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
apparelnoun	Clothing.
raimentnoun	(archaic or literary) Clothing, garments, dress, material.
garbnoun	Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
garmentnoun	A single item of clothing.
dressnoun	(transitive) (also reflexive and figuratively) To put clothes (or, formerly, armour) on (oneself or someone, a doll, a mannequin, etc.); to clothe.
tognoun	(transitive) To dress (often with up or out).
habilitateverb	(transitive) To enable one to function in a given manner; to make one capable of performing a given function or of conducting something; to make one fit to fulfill a given purpose or competent to act within a particular role.
clotheverb	(transitive) To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
enclotheverb	(transitive) To cover with clothing.
fit outverb	(idiomatic) To provide a thing, a group, a person or oneself with requisites; to kit out.
get dressedverb	To dress; to put on clothes; to clothe oneself.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Strip"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
opencast	(chiefly British) Of or pertaining to strip mining, in which material is removed from a surface that has been exposed
slipnoun	An act or instance of slipping.
leachnoun	A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
riflenoun	(weaponry) A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel.
lootnoun	(slang) Synonym of money.
airstripnoun	An aircraft landing field, usually with one runway and only basic facilities.
landing stripnoun	(aviation) A runway for aircraft, especially one which is auxiliary or temporary.
surfacenoun	The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
uncaseverb	(transitive) To take out of a case or covering; to uncover.
foraynoun	A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
denudateverb	Stripped bare; naked.
strip downverb	(intransitive) To remove all of one's clothing.
discaseverb	(archaic) To strip; to undress (remove cclothes)
disrobeverb	(intransitive) To undress oneself.
denudeverb	To divest of all covering; to make bare or naked; to strip.
dismantleverb	(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
unclotheverb	(transitive) To strip of clothes or covering; to make naked.
undressnoun	Now more specifically, a state of having few or no clothes on.
ransacknoun	Synonym of ransacking (“an act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search”).
reaveverb	(archaic) To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.