Definition of Stripping

Noun: stripping stri-ping

Verb: strip (stripped,stripping) strip

Take away possessions, function, power or title
"The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets";
- deprive, divest
Get undressed
"She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"; "please don't strip down in front of everybody!";
- undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, strip down, disrobe, peel, unrobe
Remove the surface from
"strip wood"
Remove substances from by a percolating liquid
- leach
Remove or clear everything so that nothing is left
"strip a forest";
- denude, bare, denudate
Steal goods; take as spoils
"During the earthquake people stripped the stores that were deserted by their owners";
- plunder, despoil, loot, reave [archaic], rifle, ransack, pillage, foray
Remove all contents or possessions from, or empty completely
"The boys stripped the sandwich platters";
- clean
Strip the cured leaves from
"strip tobacco"
Remove the thread (of screws)
(chemistry) remove a constituent from a liquid
Take off or remove
"strip a wall of its wallpaper";
- dismantle
Draw the last milk (of cows)
Remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
"The nurse quickly stripped the accident victim";
- undress, divest, disinvest