"stripping" in the noun sense
1. denudation, stripping, uncovering, baring, husking
the removal of covering
"stripping" in the verb sense
1. deprive, strip, divest
take away possessions from someone
"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
2. undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip, strip down, disrobe, peel
get undressed
"please don't undress in front of everybody!"
"She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"
3. strip
remove the surface from
"strip wood"
4. leach, strip
remove substances from by a percolating liquid
"leach the soil"
5. denude, bare, denudate, strip
lay bare
"denude a forest"
6. plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
steal goods take as spoils
"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
7. clean, strip
remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely
"The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"
"The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
8. strip
strip the cured leaves from
"strip tobacco"
9. strip
remove the thread (of screws)
10. strip
remove a constituent from a liquid
11. strip, dismantle
take off or remove
"strip a wall of its wallpaper"
12. strip
draw the last milk (of cows)
13. strip, undress, divest, disinvest
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
"The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"
"She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"
"He disinvested himself of his garments"
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