Strip |
To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark. |
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Strip |
To divest of clothing; to uncover. |
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Strip |
To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc. |
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Strip |
To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips. |
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Strip |
To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow. |
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