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stripping

/stɹˈɪpɪŋ/noun, verb2 syllables

Stripping means: get undressed.

Synonyms for stripping29

noun, as in the removal of covering

denudation, uncovering, baring, husking

verb, as in get undressed

undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel, divest, disinvest

verb, as in remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

strip, undress, divest, disinvest, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip down, disrobe, peel

verb, as in steal goods; take as spoils

plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray

verb, as in lay bare

denude, bare, denudate, strip

verb, as in take away possessions from someone

deprive, strip, divest

verb, as in remove substances from by a percolating liquid

leach, strip

verb, as in remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely

clean, strip

verb, as in take off or remove

strip, dismantle

verb, as in remove the surface from

strip

verb, as in strip the cured leaves from

strip

verb, as in remove the thread (of screws)

strip

verb, as in remove a constituent from a liquid

strip

verb, as in draw the last milk (of cows)

strip

What does stripping mean?14

verb

1

get undressed“please don't undress in front of everybody!”

2

remove (someone's or one's own) clothes“The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim”

3

steal goods; take as spoils“During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”

4

lay bare“denude a forest”

5

take away possessions from someone“The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”

6

remove substances from by a percolating liquid“leach the soil”

7

remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely“The boys cleaned the sandwich platters”

8

take off or remove“strip a wall of its wallpaper”

9

remove the surface from“strip wood”

10

strip the cured leaves from“strip tobacco”

11

remove the thread (of screws)

12

remove a constituent from a liquid

13

draw the last milk (of cows)

noun

1

the removal of covering

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with stripping?15

three syllables

equipping
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Stripping in a sentence

  • We applied weather stripping around our windows to keep the cold air out.MelisJ
  • He put weather stripping around the door to keep out drafts.Tangobango
  • Scientists believe magnetic fields can protect a planet, fending off the atmosphere-stripping blasts of the solar wind.Hybrid
  • Baya is stripping in front of everybody.OsoHombre
  • Maria is stripping in a pub.megamanenm
  • Maria is stripping in some pub.megamanenm
  • Maria is busy stripping in some pub.megamanenm
  • Ziri installed the new weather stripping.Amastan

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Forms of stripping

as a noun

plural
strippings