strip
adj : (of mines and mining) worked from the exposed surface;
"opencast mining"; "an opencut iron mine"; "a strip
mine" [syn: {opencast}, {opencut}, {strip(a)}]
n 1: a relatively long narrow piece of something; "he felt a flat
strip of muscle"
2: a narrow flat piece of material [syn: {slip}]
3: an airfield without normal airport facilities [syn: {airstrip},
{flight strip}, {landing strip}]
4: a sequence of drawings in a newspaper telling a story [syn:
{comic strip}, {cartoon strip}]
5: thin piece of wood or metal
6: a form of entertainment in which a dancer undresses to
music; "she did a strip right in front of everyone" [syn:
{striptease}]
v 1: take away all material possessions from someone [syn: {dispossess},
{deprive}, {divest}]
2: get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"
[syn: {undress}, {discase}, {uncase}, {unclothe}, {strip
down}, {disrobe}] [ant: {dress}, {dress}]
3: remove the surface from; "strip wood"
4: remove substances form by a percolating liquid; "leach the
soil" [syn: {leach}]
5: lay bare; "denude a forest" [syn: {denude}, {bare}, {denudate}]
6: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[syn: {plunder}, {despoil}, {loot}, {reave}, {rifle}, {ransack},
{pillage}, {foray}]
7: remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely;
"The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were
cleaned of apples by the storm"; deprive wholly of money
in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players
cleaned him completely" [syn: {clean}]
8: strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco"
9: remove the thread (of screws)
10: remove a constituent from a liquid; in chemistry
11: take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" [syn: {dismantle}]
12: draw the last milk (of cows)