strip : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a slice of bacon
  

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• noun a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need for plugs
  junction barrier.
  

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• a kind of cotton cloth woven with colored stripes. See Bengal, 3.

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• noun a strip consisting of two metals that bends with a rise in temperature
  

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• adjective satellite having brown stripes
  brown-striped.
  

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• adjective satellite having brown stripes
  brown-striped.
  

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• noun a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
  cartoon strip; funnies; strip.
  

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• noun a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
  cartoon strip; funnies; strip.
  

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• noun an airfield without normal airport facilities
  flight strip; airstrip; strip.
  

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• noun strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard
  furring.
  

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• noun a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt
  Gaza.
  
  • he is a Palestinian from Gaza

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• noun an airfield without normal airport facilities
  flight strip; airstrip; strip.
  

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• noun implement consisting of a strip of leather
  

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• noun a continuous closed surface with only one side; formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one end 180 degrees and joining it with the other end
  

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• noun steak from upper part of the short loin
  New York strip.
  

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• (Arch.), in a sash window, one of the thin strips of wood let into the pulley stile to keep the sashes apart; also, the thin piece inserted in the window box to separate the weights.

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• noun having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado
  Cnemidophorus velox.
  

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• adjective satellite having red stripes
  red-striped; red-streaked.
  

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• adjective satellite having red stripes
  red-striped; red-streaked.
  

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• noun the national flag of the United States of America
  Old Glory; American flag; Star-Spangled Banner.
  

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• noun a state of readiness for domestic defense aircraft
  
  • the Air Force will keep fighters on strip alert at bases around the country

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• noun cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion
  

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• verb get undressed
  uncase; peel; undress; strip; unclothe; disrobe; discase.
  
  • please don't undress in front of everybody!
  • She strips in front of strangers every night for a living

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• noun light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illumination
  

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• noun a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street; usually opening on a parking lot
  

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• noun an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface
  
• verb extract (ore) from a strip-mine
  surface mine; strip mine; surface-mine.
  

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• noun a miner who does strip mining
  

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• noun the mining of ore or coal from an open mine
  opencast mining.
  
• verb extract (ore) from a strip-mine
  surface mine; strip mine; surface-mine.
  

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• noun poker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothing
  

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• noun searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes
  

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• noun a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
  striptease; strip.
  
  • she did a strip right in front of everyone

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• noun steak from upper part of the short loin
  New York strip.
  

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• noun a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards
  beggar-my-neighbour; beggar-my-neighbor.
  

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Strip"-leaf` noun

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1. Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.

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• adjective satellite mined near the earth's surface by stripping
  

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• verb search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes
  
  • He was strip-searched at the airport

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• noun caught along the Atlantic coast of the United States
  striper.
  
• noun marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes; migrates upriver to spawn; sometimes placed in the genus Morone
  striper; Roccus saxatilis; rockfish.
  

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• noun a variety of button quail having stripes
  Turnix sylvatica.
  

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• noun nearly leafless wildflower with erect reddish-purple stems bearing racemes of pale pinkish and brownish-striped flowers; western Canada to Mexico
  Corallorhiza striata.
  

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• noun maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn
  Acer pennsylvanicum; moose-wood; moosewood; striped dogwood; goosefoot maple.
  

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• noun a kind of drumfish
  Equetus pulcher.
  

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• noun a perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America
  Gentiana villosa.
  

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• noun of northern Africa and Arabia and India
  Hyaena hyaena.
  

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• noun black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States
  Fundulus majalis; may fish; mayfish.
  

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• noun maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn
  Acer pennsylvanicum; moose-wood; moosewood; striped dogwood; goosefoot maple.
  

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• noun Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes
  Makaira mitsukurii.
  

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• noun ferret-sized muishond often tamed
  Ictonyx striata.
  

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• noun most important commercial mullet in eastern United States
  Mugil cephalus.
  

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• noun a whipsnake of scrublands and rocky hillsides
  California whipsnake; Masticophis lateralis.
  

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• noun most common and widespread North American skunk
  Mephitis mephitis.
  

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• noun small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches
  Tamias striatus; ground squirrel; eastern chipmunk; hackee.
  

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• noun leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple
  Viola striata; cream violet; pale violet.
  

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• adjective satellite having only essential or minimal features
  stripped.
  
  • a stripped new car
  • a stripped-down budget

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• noun a paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport
  taxiway.
  

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• adjective satellite having stripes resembling those of a tiger
  

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• noun a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold
  weather strip; weatherstripping; weatherstrip.
  

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• (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other material, applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc.

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• noun a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold
  weather strip; weatherstripping; weatherstrip.
  

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• adjective satellite having cracks blocked with weather stripping
  

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• adjective satellite having yellow stripes
  

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