Strip - Definition and Overview

Strip can refer to:

• as a noun
  • a long narrow piece cut from a sheet material (metal plastic plywood etc)
  • a power strip
  • a landing strip
  • a comic strip
  • other items of a similar shape to that above e.g. length >> width >> thickness. (where >> means much bigger than)
• as a verb
  • to remove a layer from the outside of something
  • with a person it means to remove clothes
  • with a cable it means to remove sheathing or insulation
  • striptease it the act of stipping clothes slowly to music

Stripped can refer to:

• past tense of "strip" — see above
• the forced removal of clothes by others, such as a strip search, or mandatory decontamination (e.g. "everyone at the crime scene was stripped and washed down for their own safety").
• a method of broadcasting consecutive episodes of a television programme or series every day of the week (sometimes including weekends) at the same time each day.
• a 1990 album titled Stripped by The Stage Dolls
• a 1993 album titled Stripped by Pretty Maids
• a 1995 album titled Stripped by The Rolling Stones
• a 1999 single titled Stripped by Rammstein
• a 2002 album titled Stripped by Christina Aguilera