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# stripped

«stripped» in Mova's school dictionary: **the past of «strip»: took off a covering or layer, such…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (strip, strips, stripped, stripping — past form); adjective (stripped)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Stripped is the past of «strip»: took off a covering or layer, such as paint, bark or sheets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#m1)

2) Stripped can mean took off your clothes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#m2)

3) Stripped of something means something was taken away from someone, often as a punishment («stripped of his medal»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#m3)

4) As an adjective, stripped means bare, with the cover taken off («stripped wood»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Everyday life: we stripped the beds to wash the sheets; old paint was stripped off a door. In sport news a player is «stripped of a title» for cheating. In science, «stripped» wires have the plastic taken off. In stories, trees «stripped bare» by wind show winter or a storm.

### examples

- We stripped the beds on Saturday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#x1)
- Dad stripped the old paint off the door. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#x2)
- The wind stripped the leaves from the trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#x3)
- The runner was stripped of her medal for cheating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#x4)
- The swimmers stripped off and jumped into the lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#x5)
- Goats stripped the bark from the young trees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#x6)
- The electrician stripped the end of the wire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#x7)
- The house was stripped of furniture before the move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#x8)
- They all stripped off their shifts, and went into the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/#x9)

### note

Double p: strip → stripped, stripping. Do not confuse with «striped» (with stripes, one p): a striped shirt has lines; a stripped bed has no sheets. «Strip off» = take your clothes off.

### In the corpora

- [Wild chimpanzees make tools: they fish for termites with stripped twigs, crack nuts with stones and use leaves as sponges.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/84-ape-house-gorillas-and-chimpanzees/7/)
- [Sauropods did not chew; they stripped leaves, swallowed them whole and let their huge gut break the plants down slowly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/266-the-long-necked-giants-sauropods/9/)
- [As widely reported, Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles in 2012 for doping and admitted it in 2013.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/64-cheating-and-doping-as-reported/4/)
- [And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.986/)
- [He leadeth counsellors away stripped, and judges maketh He fools.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.299/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stripped» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stripped/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.