stripe

CEFRB1

/stɹaɪp/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A long narrow band of a different color.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A long, relatively straight region against a different coloured background.

Examples

  • Life is like a zebra; white stripe, black stripe, and the ass at the end.

  • persons of the same political stripe

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.

  2. A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.

  3. A long, narrow mark left by striking someone with a whip or stick; a blow or lash with a whip, stick, or scourge.

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In context

  • 8 Sep 2019, Peter Conrad in The Guardian, Sontag: Her Life by Benjamin Moser review – heavyweight study of a critical colossus At first, what mattered was the sparky contents of Sontag’s head; by the end she was best known for the way she wore her hair – that...

  • zebra stripes

  • a tyrant of a very different stripe

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Origin

noun

From Middle English stripe, strype, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strîpe, from Proto-West Germanic *strīpā, *strīpō, from Proto-Germanic *strīpô. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Striepe (“stripe, strip”), West Frisian stripe (“stripe”), Dutch streep (“stripe”), German Low German Striepe, Striep, Streep (“stripe”), German Streifen (“stripe, strip, band”), Danish stribe (“stripe”).