strip
1. strip \'strip\ \'stript\ vb or stripped also stript; also strip.ping
[ME strippen, fr. OE -stri-pan; akin to OHG stroufen to st]rip 1a: to
remove clothing, covering, or surface matter from 1b: to remove (as
clothing) from a person 2: to divest of honors, privileges, or functions
3a: to remove extraneous or superficial matter from {a prose style st
ripped to the bones} 3b: to remove furniture, equipment, or accessories
from {~ a ship for action} 4: PLUNDER, SPOIL 5: to make bare or clear (as
by cutting or grazing) 6: DISMANTLE, DISASSEMBLE 7: to finish a milking
of by pressing the last available milk from the tea ts {~ a cow} 8: to
remove cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) or the midrib from
(tobacco leaves) 9: to tear or damage the screw thread of (a bolt or nut)
10: to separate (components) from a mixture or solution 1: to take off
clothes : UNDRESS 2: PEEL vi1; specif : to perform a striptease
2. strip n [perh. fr. MLG strippe strap] 1: a long narrow piece or area 2:
AIRSTRIP