Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stripping
1 sense of stripping
Sense 1
denudation, stripping, uncovering, baring, husking -- (the removal of covering)
=> removal, remotion -- (the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy")
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")