Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun strip

6 senses of strip

Sense 1
strip -- (a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat strip of muscle")
       => part, piece -- (a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite")

Sense 2
strip, slip -- (artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material)
       => artifact, artefact -- (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Sense 3
airstrip, flight strip, landing strip, strip -- (an airfield without normal airport facilities)
       => airfield, landing field, flying field, field -- (a place where planes take off and land)

Sense 4
comic strip, cartoon strip, strip, funnies -- (a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book)
       => cartoon, sketch -- (a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine)

Sense 5
strip -- (thin piece of wood or metal)
       => lumber, timber -- (the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material)

Sense 6
strip, striptease, strip show -- (a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone")
       => nude dancing -- (erotic dancing with little or no clothing)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb strip

13 senses of strip

Sense 1
deprive, strip, divest -- (take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets")
       => take -- (take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks")

Sense 2
undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel -- (get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living")
       => take off -- (take away or remove; "Take that weight off me!")

Sense 3
strip -- (remove the surface from; "strip wood")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 4
leach, strip -- (remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 5
denude, bare, denudate, strip -- (lay bare; "denude a forest")
       => clear -- (remove; "clear the leaves from the lawn"; "Clear snow from the road")

Sense 6
plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray -- (steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners")
       => take -- (take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill")

Sense 7
clean, strip -- (remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 8
strip -- (strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 9
strip -- (remove the thread (of screws))
       => smooth, smoothen -- (make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing; "smooth the surface of the wood")

Sense 10
strip -- (remove a constituent from a liquid)
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 11
strip, dismantle -- (take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")

Sense 12
strip -- (draw the last milk (of cows))
       => milk -- (take milk from female mammals; "Cows need to be milked every morning")

Sense 13
strip, undress, divest, disinvest -- (remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")