Word Finder - stripping

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To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.

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Norm will strip the old varnish before painting the chair.

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(usually intransitive) To take off clothing.

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Seeing that no one else was about, he stripped and dived into the river.

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To perform a striptease.

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In the seedy club, a group of drunken men were watching a woman stripping.

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To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.

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The athlete was stripped of his medal after failing a drugs test.

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To remove cargo from (a container).

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To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear, especially inadvertently by overtightening.

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Don't tighten that bolt any more or you'll strip the thread.

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To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.

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To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.

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To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also strip-squeeze.)

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To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).

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To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.

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To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.

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To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.

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To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.

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To remove the overlying earth from (a deposit).

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To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.

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To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.

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To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.

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To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".

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To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

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The act of one who strips.

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A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream

It scares me, like I'm stripping naked in front of strangers.

He wiped his face restlessly before stripping off his clothing.

Kiera watched as he slid the band over his right hand to settle it at his wrist before stripping his own band off his left arm.

The operation of stripping the trees takes place during the months of July and August.

The first stripping of cork from young trees takes place when they are from fifteen to twenty years of age.

Now Rod has got his hands oily again stripping down a Miata 1.8 model in an ordinary domestic garage, using ordinary tools.

Dusty strode to the small gym behind the main house, stripping off his jacket and shirt as he did so.

It is noticed that labourers employed in deep mines worked by shafts suffer less from fever than do those who are engaged in stripping the alluvial deposits.

The chief tree which has commercial value is the cork, and the stripping of the bark is under official supervision.

After stripping, the rods are bleached in the sun and stored for sale as White.

A third army, commanded by Malik Kafur, a Hindu renegade and favourite of Ala-ud-din, penetrated to the extreme south of the peninsula, scattering the unwarlike Dravidian races, and stripping every Hindu temple of its accumulations of gold and jewels.

The eggs are collected either by "stripping" them from the mature adult immediately after capture, or by keeping the adults alive until they are ready to spawn, and then stripping them or by keeping them in reservoirs of sea-water and allowing them to spawn of their own accord.

The yield, which is rough, unequal and woody in texture, is called virgin cork, and is useful only as a tanning substance, or for forming rustic work in ferneries, conservatories, &c. Subsequently the bark is removed every eight or ten years, the quality of the cork improving with each successive stripping; and the trees continue to live and thrive under the operation for 150 years and upwards.

He'd felt similar when the Black God's powers crept through him, stripping his demigod powers in preparation to give him something more.

Or stripping Past-Death's power.

The Watchers blamed him for stripping the Guardians' magic when he froze time, but he began to wonder if they hadn't done it themselves.

We will be seeking ways of stripping away bureaucratic burdens on staff.

This system eliminates the need for cable stripping or fastening and no tools are needed to fasten the lid.

One of the most tedious tasks was stripping back the layers of chocolate brown paint from all the woodwork in the immense minstrels gallery.

This includes periodic stripping and polishing of hard floors and carpet cleaning.

For instance half mask dust respirators are not suitable for asbestos stripping work.

I was amazed to discover that the plans by the board of asset stripping even include the stadium scoreboard.

Hard chrome snakes and tip with lined stripping rings.

Topsoil stripping revealed a similar surface to that on Area 1. At the southern end there was an orange brown subsoil overlying glacial gravel.

The chief episode in his uneventful pontificate was the visit of Constans to Rome; the pope received him "almost with religious honours," a deference which he requited by stripping all the brazen ornaments of the city - even to the tiles of the Pantheon - and sending them to Constantinople.

They are most ravenous feeders, stripping bushes and trees completely of their foliage, and even fruit.

They beat the tattoo, called the roll, had supper, and settled down round the fires for the night--some repairing their footgear, some smoking pipes, and some stripping themselves naked to steam the lice out of their shirts.

Cambridgeshire 's performance in stripping the wealth from drugs dealers and other major lawbreakers has put it seventh in a national league table.

I also always fit a stock sock, a simple slip-on protective cover that stops solvent spillage from stripping that beautiful walnut finish.

Grays are destructive feeders due to their habit of stripping bark, which will often ring and kill younger trees.

Stripping of the SSV is performed less frequently as it is associated with a significant risk of sural nerve damage.

Stripping the topsoil for heather regeneration was not a viable option.

Transversal elements are computed by finding a chain for the image group and doing shadowed stripping.

Avoid chipped or peeling paint on furniture unless you want to spend the time or money stripping the piece then repainting.

Curved draw knives are used for peeling or stripping the bark and straight draw knives are used to shape the wood.

Weatherizing your home with caulking, weather stripping, storm windows and even draft guards in front of doors can mean big savings.

Stripping - Use a commercial stripper (available at Home Depot and similar stores) to remove the old paint.

If your house is older than 1970, you will probably will be stripping off lead-based paint.

Use a commercial stripping solution (available at big box home improvement stores) to remove the old paint and finish.

Original Pledge can be used to clean the sink without stripping its finish.

Kasebier is known for stripping her subjects down to the bare minimum to better concentrate on their face or stature.

Hold the flex blade wall stripper at a thirty-degree angle when stripping.

To actually, install the doors, start by attaching weather stripping to the bottom edge of the first door panel.

And on your wedding night, stripping down to the corset and stockings was very appealing - as was the slow but steady process of unlacing it!

Mold elimination procedures range from simply using bleach and warm water to wipe down affected areas to stripping out drywall and making major repairs to one's home to get rid of the dangers.

In some cases, though, labs will not attempt to remove the anti-reflective coating because they run the risk of stripping off the scratch-resistant coating and ruining the lenses.

Removal (stripping paint to bare metal or bare wood) of lead is the best way to prevent lead exposure in children.

Most shampoos contain the same basic ingredients consisting of a detergent, a binder, a foaming agent, preservatives, and some sort of emollient to prevent cuticle stripping.

Say goodbye to harsh, stripping detergents and welcome natural and exotic ingredients, such as apple cider vinegar, olive oil, rich shea butter, and special silicone sealing agents that will caress your split ends into satin.

Cleansing conditioners work better than standard shampoos which contain harsh cleansing agents, increasing dryness and stripping moisture from your hair.