transitive verb stripped, stripping
- to remove (the clothing or covering) of or from (a person); make naked; undress
- to deprive or dispossess (a person or thing) of (honors, titles, attributes, etc.)
- to despoil of wealth, property, etc.; plunder; rob
- to pull, tear, or take off (a covering, skin, etc.) from (a person or thing)
- to make bare or clear by removing fruit, growth, removable parts, etc.: to strip a room of furniture
- to take apart (a firearm, etc.) piece by piece, as for cleaning; dismantle
- to break or damage the thread of (a nut, bolt, or screw) or the teeth of (a gear)
- to remove the last milk from (a cow) with a stroking movement of the thumb and forefinger
- to remove the large central rib from (tobacco leaves) or the leaf from (the stalk)