strip

(noun) a relatively long narrow piece of something. Examples: "He felt a flat strip of muscle."

(noun) artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material. Synonyms: slip.

(noun) an airfield without normal airport facilities. Synonyms: airstrip, flight strip, landing strip.

(noun) a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book. Synonyms: comic strip, cartoon strip, funnies.

(noun) thin piece of wood or metal.

(noun) a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music. Synonyms: striptease, strip show. Examples: "She did a strip right in front of everyone."

(verb) take away possessions from someone. Synonyms: deprive, divest. Examples: "The nazis stripped the jews of all their assets."

(verb) get undressed. Synonyms: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip down, disrobe, peel. Examples: "Please don't undress in front of everybody!." "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living."

(verb) remove the surface from. Examples: "Strip wood."

(verb) remove substances from by a percolating liquid. Synonyms: leach. Examples: "Leach the soil."

(verb) lay bare. Synonyms: denude, bare, denudate. Examples: "Denude a forest."

(verb) steal goods; take as spoils. Synonyms: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray. Examples: "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners."

(verb) remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely. Synonyms: clean. Examples: "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters." "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm."

(verb) strip the cured leaves from. Examples: "Strip tobacco."

(verb) remove the thread (of screws).

(verb) remove a constituent from a liquid.

(verb) take off or remove. Synonyms: dismantle. Examples: "Strip a wall of its wallpaper."

(verb) draw the last milk (of cows).

(verb) remove (someone's or one's own) clothes. Synonyms: undress, divest, disinvest. Examples: "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim." "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes." "He disinvested himself of his garments."