stripping

(noun) the removal of covering. Synonyms: denudation, uncovering, baring, husking.

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

(verb) get undressed. Synonyms: undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, 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. Synonyms: strip. Example: "Strip wood."

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

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

(verb) steal goods; take as spoils. Synonyms: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray. Example: "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, strip. Examples: "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters." "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm."

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

(verb) remove the thread (of screws). Synonyms: strip.

(verb) remove a constituent from a liquid. Synonyms: strip.

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

(verb) draw the last milk (of cows). Synonyms: strip.

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