to deprive of covering

to strip a fruit of its rind.

to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked.

to take away or remove

to strip sheets from the bed.

to deprive or divest

to strip a tree of its bark; to strip him of all privileges.

to clear out or empty

to strip a house of its contents.

to deprive of equipment; dismantle

to strip a ship of rigging.

to dispossess, rob, or plunder

to strip a man of his possessions.

to remove varnish, paint, wax, or the like from

The wood should be stripped and then refinished.

to separate the leaves from the stalks of (tobacco).

to remove the midrib, as from tobacco leaves.

Machinery . to break off the thread of (a screw, bolt, etc.) or the teeth of (a gear), as by applying too much force.

to remove the mold from (an ingot).

to draw the last milk from (a cow), esp. by a stroking and compressing movement.

to draw out (milk) in this manner.

Photoengraving . to remove (the emulsion from a film base) in order to place it on a glass plate for exposure to the metal plate.

Textiles .

to clean (a carding roller) by removing waste fibers.

to transfer (fibers) from one carding roller to another.

to remove (color) from a cloth or yarn in order to redye it another color.

to remove color from (a cloth or yarn).

Bridge . to lead successively winning cards from (a hand) in order to dispose of as many cards as necessary preparatory to surrendering the lead to an opponent so that any card the opponent plays will be to his or her disadvantage.

Mining . to strip-mine.

Chemistry . to remove the most volatile components from, as by distillation or evaporation.

Finance . to split (a bond) for selling separately as a principal certificate and as interest coupons.

Surgery . to remove (a vein) by pulling it inside out through a small incision, using a long, hooked instrument.

to strip something.

to remove one's clothes.

to perform a striptease.

to become stripped

Bananas strip easily.

a striptease.

noun

whole

verb

clothe , cover

noun

band , banding , bar , belt , billet , bit , fillet , ingot , layer , ribbon , rod , section , segment , shred , slab , slip , stick , stripe , swathe , tape , tongue , bandeau , batten , cleat , decortication , defoliation , denudation , desquamation , dismantlement , divestiture , ecdysis , excoriation , exfoliation , list

verb

decorticate , denude , deprive , despoil , dismantle , displace , disrobe , divest , empty , excorticate , expose , gut , hull , husk , lay bare , lift , peel , pillage , plunder , ransack , ravage , remove , rob , scale , shave , shed , shuck , skin , slip out of , spoil , take off , tear , unclothe , undress , withdraw , pare , dispossess , uncover , depredate , havoc , loot , rape , spoliate , band , bar , bare , clear , defoliate , denudate , deplume , desolate , desquamate , devastate , excoriate , flay , fleece , length , pluck , reduce , reveal , rifle , runway , sack , segment , shred , slat , stripe