an airfield without normal airport facilities
"The pilot decided to land at the remote strip since the main runway was closed due to fog."
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
"The children loved sitting on the floor to read their favorite comic strip every morning before school."
thin piece of wood or metal
"The carpenter laid down a strip of oak to reinforce the door frame before painting it."
a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music
"she did a strip right in front of everyone"
A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
"She decided to surprise her friends by performing a classic burlesque strip at the local club."
The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.
In plain English: A strip is a long, narrow piece of something like paper, cloth, or land.
"The beach was lined with strips of sand between patches of seaweed."
remove the thread (of screws)
"Before tightening the bolt, he used pliers to strip the rusted threads from the screw head so it wouldn't slip further."
remove a constituent from a liquid
"The chemist used silica gel to strip the solvent from the reaction mixture before analyzing the final product."
draw the last milk (of cows)
"The farmer stripped the last drops of milk from each cow before securing the barn doors for the night."
To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
"The cat spent all morning stripping the bark off the young tree."
In plain English: To strip something means to take all of its parts or covering off until nothing is left.
"The dog stripped the bone clean in seconds."
Usage: Use this verb when physically removing something by tearing it into long, narrow pieces, such as stripping wallpaper from a wall. It is distinct from similar terms because the action specifically results in material being taken off in continuous bands rather than chunks or layers.
Ellipsis of Gaza Strip (“Levant”)
"The news report focused heavily on the humanitarian crisis unfolding within the Gaza Strip."
The word "strip" likely comes from an alteration of the related term "stripe," possibly originating from Middle Low German. While its ultimate roots are uncertain and may trace back to a lost Proto-Germanic verb meaning to line or streak, it has no clear relatives outside the Germanic language family except for the Irish word for stripe.