n. 1. 1 an airfield without normal airport facilities.
Syn. -- flight strip, landing strip, strip [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a brief sequence of drawings, usually with characters drawn only sketchily, as in a cartoon, with dialog written in “balloons” over a character's head, and depicting a fictional and usually comical incident; -- also called a cartoon. Each comic strip contains typically from four to six panels arranged horizontally, but widely varying arrangements are published. In modern newspapers, weekly comic strips are in color, and daily strips are usually in black and white. In some, the story depicted may be serialized and continuous, carried over from day to day or week to week. Stories of adventure, drama, mystery or an otherwise non-comical nature depicted in the same style are also called comic strips. [ PJC ]

n. (Aeronautics) A runway at an airport, at which airplanes land{ 3 }; the long smooth surface used for takeoff or landing{ 4 }. [ PJC ]

n. [ From August F. Möbius, a German mathematician. ] A mathematical object, or a physical representation of it, which is a two-dimensional sheet with only one surface. It is constructed or visualized as a rectangle, one end of which is held fixed while the opposite end is twisted through a 180 degree angle and joined to the fixed end. It is a two-dimensional object that can only exist in a three-dimensional space. [ PJC ]

The moebius strip was the subject of a famous woodcut by M. Escher, published in 1963. See Moebius Strip II. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Outstripped p. pr. & vb. n. Outstripping. ] 1. To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

He still outstript me in the race. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exceed in development or performance; to surpass in any competition; to outdo; to outpace{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

. same as Ripping panel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stripped p. pr. & vb. n. Stripping. ] [ OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str&unr_;pan in bestr&unr_;pan to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

And strippen her out of her rude array. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

They stripped Joseph out of his coat. Gen. xxxvii. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

Opinions which . . . no clergyman could have avowed without imminent risk of being stripped of his gown. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To divest of clothing; to uncover. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before the folk herself strippeth she. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strip your sword stark naked. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Agric.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When first they stripped the Malean promontory. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before he reached it he was out of breath,
And then the other stripped him. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

To strip bad habits from a corrupted heart, is stripping off the skin. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mach.) (a) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped. (b) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Carding) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into “hands”; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves). [ 1913 Webster ]

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v. i. 1. To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) A trough for washing ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gunnery) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OD. strijpe a stripe, streak; akin to LG. stripe, D. streep, Dan. stribe, G. strief, striefen, MHG. striefen to glide, march. ] 1. A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. Deut. xxv. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

7. pl. (Mil.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stars and Stripes. See under Star, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Striped p. pr. & vb. n. Striping. ] 1. To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strike; to lash. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having stripes of different colors; streaked. [ 1913 Webster ]

Striped bass. (Zool.) See under Bass. --
Striped maple (Bot.), a slender American tree (Acer Pennsylvanicum) with finely striped bark. Called also striped dogwood, and moosewood. --
Striped mullet. (Zool.) See under Mullet, 2. --
Striped snake (Zool.), the garter snake. --
Striped squirrel (Zool.), the chipmunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of strip; as if a small strip from the main stock or steam. ] A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 1 Sam. xvii. 56. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Agric.) A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Agric.) A harvesting machine that strips the seed from the stalks of grain plants. [ PJC ]

4. a solvent or chemical solution used to remove coatings of paint, varnish, lacquer, etc. prior to refinishing a surface. [ PJC ]

5. a person (usually a woman) who strips off her clothes as an entertainment performance; one who does a strip-tease; -- also called an ecdysiast, exotic dancer, or strip-teaser. [ PJC ]

n. [ Dim. of strip. ] A small stream. [ Obs. ] “A little brook or strippet.” Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who strips. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never were cows that required such stripping. Mrs. Gaskell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not striped. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Nat. Hist.) Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers. [ 1913 Webster ]