beggar-my-neighbor beggar-my-neighbour strip-Jack-naked | a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards |
strip poker | poker in which a player's losses are paid by removing an article of clothing |
strip striptease strip show | a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music, she did a strip right in front of everyone |
strip cropping | cultivation of crops in strips following the contours of the land to minimize erosion |
strip mining opencast mining | the mining of ore or coal from an open mine |
strip search | searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes |
rose chafer rose bug Macrodactylus subspinosus | common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines |
rose chafer rose beetle Cetonia aurata | a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses |
airstrip flight strip landing strip strip | an airfield without normal airport facilities |
bimetallic strip | a strip consisting of two metals that bends with a rise in temperature |
furring strip furring | strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard |
junction barrier barrier strip | a junction unit for connecting cables without the need for plugs |
leather strip | implement consisting of a strip of leather |
Mobius strip | a continuous closed surface with only one side, formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one enddegrees and joining it with the other end |
strip slip | artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material |
strip | thin piece of wood or metal |
strip lighting | light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illumination |
strip mall | a mercantile establishment consisting of a row of various stores and business and restaurants along a road or busy street, usually opening on a parking lot |
strip mine | an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface |
taxiway taxi strip | a paved surface in the form of a strip, used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport |
weather strip weatherstrip weather stripping weatherstripping | a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold |
comic strip cartoon strip strip funnies | a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book |
strip steak New York strip | steak from upper part of the short loin |
bacon strip | a slice of bacon |
Gaza Strip Gaza | a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt, he is a Palestinian from Gaza |
strip | a relatively long narrow piece of something, he felt a flat strip of muscle |
strip miner | a miner who does strip mining |
strip alert | a state of readiness for domestic defense aircraft, the Air Force will keep fighters on strip alert at bases around the country |
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 |
strip undress divest d 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 |
strip | draw the last milk (of cows) |
strip dismantle | take off or remove, strip a wall of its wallpaper |
strip | remove a constituent from a liquid |
strip | remove the thread (of screws) |
denude bare denudate strip | lay bare, denude a forest |
leach strip | remove substances from by a percolating liquid, leach the soil |
strip mine surface mine surface-mine | extract (ore) from a strip-mine |
strip | remove the surface from, strip wood |
strip | strip the cured leaves from, strip tobacco |
strip-search | search (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes, He was strip-searched at the airport |
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 |
deprive strip divest | take away possessions from someone, The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets |
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 |
strip-mined | mined near the earth's surface by stripping |