noun
plural strips
[count] :a long, narrow piece of something
[count] :a long, narrow piece of land
[count] US :a road that has a lot of shops, restaurants, etc., along it
[count] :airstrip
[count] :comic strip
[singular] Brit :the uniform worn by a sports team
[count] Brit :the act of taking your clothes off in a sexually exciting way while someone is watching
tear (someone) off a strip
or tear a strip off (someone)
Brit informal :to talk angrily to (someone who has done something wrong)
verb
strips; stripped; stripping
to remove your clothing [no obj]
[+ obj] :to take the clothes off (someone)
[no obj] :to remove your clothing in a sexually exciting way while someone is watching
[+ obj] :to remove an outer covering or surface from something
[+ obj] :to remove everything (such as furniture or equipment) from (a room, building, car, etc.)
[+ obj] :to separate (a machine or piece of equipment) into parts for cleaning or repair
[+ obj] :to take (something) away from someone in a forceful way - + of
[+ obj] :to damage part of a screw or gear so that it does not work properly
strip away
[phrasal verb]
strip (something) away or strip away (something)
to remove (something that covers a surface) :to pull pieces of a covering away from a surface
to remove (unimportant material) from something