stripes Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
   grade insignia; stripe; chevron.
   
   • they earned their stripes in Kuwait
2. noun an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
   band; banding; stripe.
   
3. noun a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service
   stripe.
   
4. noun a kind or category
   stripe.
   
   • businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal
5. noun a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
   streak; bar; stripe.
   
   • a green toad with small black stripes or bars
   • may the Stars and Stripes forever wave
6. verb mark with stripes
   stripe.
   
7. verb take away possessions from someone
   deprive; divest; strip.
   
   • The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
8. verb get undressed
   uncase; peel; strip down; undress; strip; unclothe; disrobe; discase.
   
   • please don't undress in front of everybody!
   • She strips in front of strangers every night for a living
9. verb remove the surface from
   strip.
   
   • strip wood
10. verb remove substances from by a percolating liquid
    leach; strip.
    
    • leach the soil
11. verb lay bare
    bare; denude; denudate; strip.
    
    • denude a forest
12. verb steal goods; take as spoils
    pillage; strip; despoil; plunder; foray; rifle; loot; reave; ransack.
    
    • During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
13. verb remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
    clean; strip.
    
    • The boys cleaned the sandwich platters
    • The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm
14. verb strip the cured leaves from
    strip.
    
    • strip tobacco
15. verb remove the thread (of screws)
    strip.
    
16. verb remove a constituent from a liquid
    strip.
    
17. verb take off or remove
    dismantle; strip.
    
    • strip a wall of its wallpaper
18. verb draw the last milk (of cows)
    strip.
    
19. verb remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
    divest; disinvest; undress; strip.
    
    • The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim
    • She divested herself of her outdoor clothes
    • He disinvested himself of his garments

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