strip

A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.

The countries were in dispute over the ownership of a strip of desert about 100 metres wide.

A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.

Papier mache is made from strips of paper.

Squeeze a strip of glue along the edge and then press down firmly.

A comic strip.

A landing strip.

A strip steak.

To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.

Norm will strip the old varnish before painting the chair.

To take off clothing.

Seeing that no one else was about, he stripped and dived into the river.

The hy auter he strypte naked; There on he stode, and craked; He shoke downe all the clothys, And sware horryble othes Before the face of God, […]

To perform a striptease.

In the seedy club, a group of drunken men were watching a woman stripping.

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

The athlete was stripped of his medal after failing a drugs test.

They had stripped the forest bare, with not a tree left standing.

To remove cargo from (a container).

The act of removing one's clothes; a striptease.

She stood up on the table and did a strip.

Denotes a version of a game in which losing players must progressively remove their clothes.

strip poker; strip Scrabble

We're going to play Strip Monopoly.