stripped Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb take away possessions from someone
    deprive; divest; strip.
    • The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets
  2. 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
  3. verb remove the surface from
    strip.
    • strip wood
  4. verb remove substances from by a percolating liquid
    leach; strip.
    • leach the soil
  5. verb lay bare
    bare; denude; denudate; strip.
    • denude a forest
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. verb strip the cured leaves from
    strip.
    • strip tobacco
  9. verb remove the thread (of screws)
    strip.
  10. verb remove a constituent from a liquid
    strip.
  11. verb take off or remove
    dismantle; strip.
    • strip a wall of its wallpaper
  12. verb draw the last milk (of cows)
    strip.
  13. 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
  14. adjective satellite having only essential or minimal features
    stripped-down.
    • a stripped new car
    • a stripped-down budget
  15. adjective satellite having everything extraneous removed including contents
    bare.
    • the bare walls
    • the cupboard was bare
  16. adjective satellite with clothing stripped off

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