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strip stripsstrippingstripped

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nounA strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it....a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them.The simplest rag-rugs are made with strips of fabric plaited together.Serve dish with strips of fresh raw vegetables.A strip of land or water is a long narrow area of it.The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains....a short boat ride across a narrow strip of water.A strip is a long street in a city or town, where there are a lot of stores, restaurants, and hotels .She owns a hotel-restaurant in the commercial strip on the mainland.In a newspaper or magazine, a strip is a series of drawings which tell a story . The words spoken by the characters are often written on the drawings....the Doonesbury strip.verbIf you strip, you take off your clothes.They stripped completely, and lay in the damp grass.The residents stripped naked in protest.The children were brazenly stripping off and leaping into the sea.If someone is stripped, their clothes are taken off by another person, for example in order to search for hidden or illegal things.One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped and beaten.To strip something means to remove everything that covers it.After Mike left for work I stripped the beds and vacuumed the carpets.The floorboards in both this room and the dining room have been stripped, sanded and sealed.If you strip an engine or a piece of equipment, you take it to pieces so that it can be cleaned or repaired .Volvo's three-man team stripped the car and restored it.In five years I had to strip the water pump down four times.I stripped down the carburettors, cleaned and polished the pieces and rebuilt the units.To strip someone of their property, rights, or titles means to take those things away from them.The soldiers have stripped the civilians of their passports, and every other type of document.A senior official was stripped of all his privileges for publicly criticising his employer. C1

word	strip
definition	noun A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it. ...a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them. The simplest rag-rugs are made with strips of fabric plaited together. Serve dish with strips of fresh raw vegetables. A strip of land or water is a long narrow area of it. The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains. ...a short boat ride across a narrow strip of water. A strip is a long street in a city or town, where there are a lot of stores, restaurants, and hotels . She owns a hotel-restaurant in the commercial strip on the mainland. In a newspaper or magazine, a strip is a series of drawings which tell a story . The words spoken by the characters are often written on the drawings. ...the Doonesbury strip. verb If you strip, you take off your clothes. They stripped completely, and lay in the damp grass. The residents stripped naked in protest. The children were brazenly stripping off and leaping into the sea. If someone is stripped, their clothes are taken off by another person, for example in order to search for hidden or illegal things. One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped and beaten. To strip something means to remove everything that covers it. After Mike left for work I stripped the beds and vacuumed the carpets. The floorboards in both this room and the dining room have been stripped, sanded and sealed. If you strip an engine or a piece of equipment, you take it to pieces so that it can be cleaned or repaired . Volvo's three-man team stripped the car and restored it. In five years I had to strip the water pump down four times. I stripped down the carburettors, cleaned and polished the pieces and rebuilt the units. To strip someone of their property, rights, or titles means to take those things away from them. The soldiers have stripped the civilians of their passports, and every other type of document. A senior official was stripped of all his privileges for publicly criticising his employer.
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cefr-level	C1

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