Strip vs. Strap

Stripnoun

Long, thin piece of land, or of any material.

Stripnoun

A comic strip.

Stripnoun

A landing strip.

Stripnoun

A strip steak.

Stripnoun

A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.

Stripnoun

(fencing) The fencing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.

Stripnoun

(UK football) the uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.

Stripnoun

Striptease.

Stripnoun

(mining) A trough for washing ore.

Stripnoun

The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.

Stripverb

(transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.

Stripverb

To take off clothing.

Stripverb

(intransitive) To perform a striptease.

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

(transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).

Stripverb

(transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear.

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

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.

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).

Stripadjective

Involving the removal of clothes.

Stripverb

To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark.

Stripverb

To divest of clothing; to uncover.

Stripverb

To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.

Stripverb

To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.

Stripverb

To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow.

Stripverb

To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.

Stripverb

To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses.

Stripverb

To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped.

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

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

Stripverb

To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress.

Stripverb

To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8.

Stripnoun

A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land.

Stripnoun

A trough for washing ore.

Stripnoun

The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.

Stripnoun

a relatively long narrow piece of something;

Stripnoun

artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material

Stripnoun

an airfield without normal airport facilities

Stripnoun

a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book

Stripnoun

thin piece of wood or metal

Stripnoun

a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music;

Stripverb

take away possessions from someone;

Stripverb

get undressed;

Stripverb

remove the surface from;

Stripverb

remove substances from by a percolating liquid;

Stripverb

lay bare;

Stripverb

steal goods; take as spoils;

Stripverb

remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely;

Stripverb

strip the cured leaves from;

Stripverb

remove the thread (of screws)

Stripverb

remove a constituent from a liquid

Stripverb

take off or remove;

Stripverb

draw the last milk (of cows)

Stripverb

remove (someone's or one's own) clothes;

Strapnoun

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.

Strapnoun

A strap worn on the shoulder.

Strapnoun

A strip of thick leather used in flogging.

Strapnoun

Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.

Strapnoun

A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.

Strapnoun

A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.

Strapnoun

A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.

Strapnoun

(nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

Strapnoun

(botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.

Strapnoun

(botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.

Strapnoun

(slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.

Strapnoun

Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.

Strapnoun

(journalism) strapline

Strapnoun

(slang) A strap-on.

Strapverb

(transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.

Strapverb

(transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.

Strapverb

(transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop

Strapnoun

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

Strapnoun

Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.

Strapnoun

A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.

Strapnoun

A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.

Strapnoun

A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.

Strapnoun

The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.

Strapnoun

A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.

Strapnoun

A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder.

Strapverb

To beat or chastise with a strap.

Strapverb

To fasten or bind with a strap.

Strapverb

To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.

Strapnoun

an elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position

Strapnoun

hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it

Strapnoun

a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag

Strapnoun

whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging

Strapverb

tie with a strap

Strapverb

beat severely with a whip or rod;

Strapverb

sharpen with a strap;

Strapverb

secure (a sprained joint) with a strap

Strap

A strap, sometimes also called strop, is an elongated flap or ribbon, usually of leather or other flexible materials. Thin straps are used as part of clothing or baggage, or bedding such as a sleeping bag.