strip off
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.
Transitive verb
verb
To remove all of one's clothes (or sometimes to remove all except underclothes, or figuratively).
British usage; Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "1713, Alexander Pope translation of Homer Odyssey read at Project Gutenberg Strip off thy garments; Neptune's fury brave / With naked strength, and plunge into the wave."
- "As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once."
- "We cut down pine trees and then had to strip off all the bark."
- "In addition, if you strip off the overtime, you can't tell that you have problems, as was shown at the beginning of this chapter."
- "Victor sat on a rock and tried to strip off his waders, his body shaking so much that he couldn't get a decent grip."
- "Your trees of Pine Hill, which persevere in being green the year round, do not please so much as those which strip off in November,and put on their green and flowery robes in April."
Usage
- Transitive verb
- British usage
- Intransitive verb