Strip vs. Strap
Difference Between Strip and Strap
Stripnoun
Long, thin piece of land, or of any material.
You use strips of paper in papier mache.He welded together some pieces of strip.Strapnoun
A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like.
Stripnoun
A comic strip.
Strapnoun
A strap worn on the shoulder.
Stripnoun
A landing strip.
Strapnoun
A strip of thick leather used in flogging.
Stripnoun
A strip steak.
Strapnoun
Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use.
Stripnoun
A street with multiple shopping or entertainment possibilities.
Strapnoun
A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, used to hone the sharpened edge of a razor; a strop.
Stripnoun
(fencing) The fencing area, roughly 14 meters by 2 meters.
Strapnoun
A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass.
Stripnoun
(UK football) the uniform of a football team, or the same worn by supporters.
Strapnoun
A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
Stripnoun
Striptease.
Strapnoun
(nautical) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
Stripnoun
(mining) A trough for washing ore.
Strapnoun
(botany) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
Stripnoun
The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
Strapnoun
(botany) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
Stripverb
(transitive) To remove or take away, often in strips or stripes.
Norm will strip the old varnish before painting the chair.Strapnoun
(slang) A gun, normally a personal firearm such as a pistol or machine pistol.
Stripverb
To take off clothing.
Strapnoun
Credit offered to a customer, especially for alcoholic drink.
Stripverb
(intransitive) To perform a striptease.
Strapnoun
(journalism) strapline
Stripverb
(transitive) To take away something from (someone or something); to plunder; to divest.
Strapnoun
(slang) A strap-on.
Stripverb
(transitive) To remove cargo from (a container).
Strapverb
(transitive) To beat or chastise with a strap; to whip, to lash.
Stripverb
(transitive) To remove (the thread or teeth) from a screw, nut, or gear.
The thread is stripped.The screw is stripped.Strapverb
(transitive) To fasten or bind with a strap.
Stripverb
(intransitive) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut.
Strapverb
(transitive) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop
to strap a razorStripverb
(transitive) To remove color from hair, cloth, etc. to prepare it to receive new color.
Strapnoun
an elongated leather strip (or or strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position
Stripverb
To remove all cards of a particular suit from another player. (See also, strip-squeeze.)
Strapnoun
hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it
Stripverb
(transitive) To empty (tubing) by applying pressure to the outside of (the tubing) and moving that pressure along (the tubing).
Strapnoun
a band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag
Stripverb
(transitive) To milk a cow, especially by stroking and compressing the teats to draw out the last of the milk.
Strapnoun
whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging
Stripverb
To run a television series at the same time daily (or at least on Mondays to Fridays), so that it appears as a strip straight across the weekly schedule.
Strapverb
tie with a strap
Stripverb
To pare off the surface of (land) in strips.
Strapverb
beat severely with a whip or rod;
The teacher often flogged the studentsThe children were severely trouncedStripverb
To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.
Strapverb
sharpen with a strap;
strap a razorStripverb
To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
Strapverb
secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
Stripverb
To remove fibre, flock, or lint from; said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
Stripverb
To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands".
Stripverb
To remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
Stripadjective
Involving the removal of clothes.
Stripnoun
a relatively long narrow piece of something;
he felt a flat strip of muscleStripnoun
artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material
Stripnoun
an airfield without normal airport facilities
Stripnoun
a sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book
Stripnoun
thin piece of wood or metal
Stripnoun
a form of erotic entertainment in which a dancer gradually undresses to music;
she did a strip right in front of everyoneStripverb
take away possessions from someone;
The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assetsStripverb
get undressed;
please don't undress in front of everybody!She strips in front of strangers every night for a livingStripverb
remove the surface from;
strip woodStripverb
remove substances from by a percolating liquid;
leach the soilStripverb
lay bare;
denude a forestStripverb
steal goods; take as spoils;
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their ownersStripverb
remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely;
The boys cleaned the sandwich plattersThe trees were cleaned of apples by the stormStripverb
strip the cured leaves from;
strip tobaccoStripverb
remove the thread (of screws)
Stripverb
remove a constituent from a liquid
Stripverb
take off or remove;
strip a wall of its wallpaperStripverb
draw the last milk (of cows)
Stripverb
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes;
The nurse quickly undressed the accident victimShe divested herself of her outdoor clothesHe disinvested himself of his garments
