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Noun stripping has 1 sense
  1. denudation, stripping, uncovering, baring, husking - the removal of covering
    --1 is a kind of removal, remotion
    --1 has particulars: deforestation, disforestation; cornhusking
    Derived form: verb strip11
,Verb strip has 13 senses
  1. deprive, strip, divest - take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
    --1 is one way to take
    Sample sentence:
    They strip him of all his money
  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"
    --2 is one way to take off
    Derived forms: noun strip6, noun stripper3
    Sample sentence:
    They strip
  3. strip - remove the surface from; "strip wood"
    --3 is one way to     remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Sample sentence:
    They strip the trees
  4. leach, strip - remove substances from by a percolating liquid; "leach the soil"
    --4 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  5. denude, bare, denudate, strip - lay bare; "denude a forest"
    --5 is one way to clear
    Sample sentence:
    They strip the trees
  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"
    --6 is one way to take
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  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"
    --7 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody of something
    Somebody ----s PP
  8. strip - strip the cured leaves from; "strip tobacco"
    --8 is one way to     remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Derived form: noun stripper2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  9. strip - remove the thread (of screws)
    --9 is one way to     smooth, smoothen
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  10. strip - remove a constituent from a liquid
    --10 is one way to     remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  11. strip, dismantle - take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper"
    --11 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Derived forms: noun stripper1, noun stripping1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  12. strip - draw the last milk (of cows)
    --12 is one way to     milk
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  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"
    --13 is one way to remove, take, take away, withdraw
    Derived form: noun strip6
    Sample sentence:
    They want to strip the prisoners
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