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• strip sth away — UK US strip sth away Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to get rid of something that is considered not to be necessary: »Stripping away layers of bureaucracy would release the extra money necessary to develop services that… …   Financial and business terms

• strip — strip1 [strıp] v past tense and past participle stripped present participle stripping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take off clothes)¦ 2¦(remove)¦ 3¦(engines/equipment)¦ 4¦(building/ship etc)¦ 5¦(damage)¦ Phrasal verbs 　strip something<=>away 　strip somebod …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• strip — strip1 [ strıp ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to take off all your clothes or another person s clothes: They all stripped and ran into the water. Josh was stripped to the waist (=naked above the waist). strip naked: The soldiers were… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• strip */*/ — I UK [strɪp] / US verb Word forms strip : present tense I/you/we/they strip he/she/it strips present participle stripping past tense stripped past participle stripped 1) a) [intransitive/transitive] to take off all of your clothes or all of… …   English dictionary

• strip — strip1 /strip/, v., stripped or stript, stripping, n. v.t. 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to take away or remove: to strip sheets from the bed. 4. to deprive or divest:… …   Universalium

• strip — 1 verb stripped, stripping 1 TAKE OFF CLOTHES also strip off (I, T) to take off your clothes or take off someone else s clothes: Jack stripped off and jumped into the shower. | strip sb: The police stripped us all, looking for drugs. | stripped… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• strip — [[t]strɪ̱p[/t]] ♦♦♦ strips, stripping, stripped 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it. ...a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them …   English dictionary

• strip — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. divest, denude, decorticate, peel, skin, pull off; dismantle; plunder, fleece; dispossess, deprive; disrobe, undress; cut in strips. See stealing, divestment. n. hue, stripe, bend, fillet, shred; lath …   English dictionary for students

• strip*/ — [strɪp] noun [C] I a long narrow piece of something a strip of land[/ex] Cut the paper into strips.[/ex] II verb strip [strɪp] 1) [I/T] to take off all of your clothes, or to take off all of another person s clothes They all stripped and ran into …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• strip — I. /strɪp / (say strip) verb (stripped or, Rare, stript, stripping) –verb (t) 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to deprive or divest: to strip a tree of its fruit. 4. to… …