Strip Meaning
/ˈstɹɪp/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
nounA long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
Sentence Examples
The strong, gusty wind strived to strip the leaves off the trees.
I saw you in the strip club the day before yesterday.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The painter had to ____ the old wallpaper before painting.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They decided to ____ the old paint from the wooden door before applying a fresh coat of blue varnish.
Word Origin & History
From alteration of stripe or from Middle Low German strippe, of uncertain ultimate origin, perhaps derived from a lost strong verb Proto-Germanic *strīpaną, with no clear cognates outside of Germanic except for Irish sríab (“line, stripe”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"At the far end of the houses the head gardener stood waiting for his mistress, and he gave her strips of bass to tie up her nosegay. This she did slowly and laboriously, with knuckly old fingers that shook."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIX, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"First, marinate the tofu. In a bowl, whisk the kecap manis, chilli sauce, and sesame oil together. Cut the tofu into strips about 1cm thick, mix gently (so it doesn't break) with the marinade and leave in the fridge for half an hour."
— 2012 May 8, Yotam Ottolenghi, Sami Tamimi, Ottolenghi: The Cookbook, Random House, →ISBN, page 79:
"You learn, in 'Cleaning Arms,' how rust may cause a 'strip,' and how it must interfere with expansion. I need hardly say, that if the grooves be filled up, the rotation will be lost; or if the grooves be partially filled up, the rotation will be weak,"
— 1862, Henry Charles Watson, Eight Lectures Delivered at the School of Musketry, Hythe, Being an Explanation of the 'theoretical Principles' as Laid Down in the Book of Musketry Instruction, page 78:
"He has fired more than 100 rounds per barrel at a time, from nearly all the barrels converted on this system, without cleaning, and without having a strip, or failure as regards vertical accuracy."
— 1873 May 23, “Improved System of Rifling”, in English Mechanics and the World of Science, volume 17, number 426, page 241:
"What struck me as very marvellous was that in the course of a day's firing, with so many varieties of "part" rifling, there was not a single strip; I expected to have seen some strips, for the ammunition was exceeding bad, independently of the novelty of the "part" system."
— 1874, J.B. O'Hea, “Rifles and Rifling”, in Journal of the Royal United Service Institution, volume 17, pages 367–368:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The painter had to ____ the old wallpaper before painting.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
They decided to ____ the old paint from the wooden door before applying a fresh coat of blue varnish.