"strip away" meaning in English

See strip away in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: strips away [present, singular, third-person], stripping away [participle, present], stripped away [participle, past], stripped away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} strip away (third-person singular simple present strips away, present participle stripping away, simple past and past participle stripped away)
  1. (transitive) To remove, whether bit by bit or suddenly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-strip_away-en-verb-aUcd06u6
  2. (transitive, figurative) To discard or disregard; to ignore (a factor that obscures the reality). Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-strip_away-en-verb-iPBusdLD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "away", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "away": 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strips away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stripping away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stripped away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stripped away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "strip away (third-person singular simple present strips away, present participle stripping away, simple past and past participle stripped away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When we stripped away the old wallpaper, we discovered an interesting mural painted on the wall.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The government has stripped away some of our basic rights by passing a series of controversial laws.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award: Victoria Arcade”, in RAIL, number 946, page 59:",
          "text": "This project has stripped away modern PVCu and aluminium shop fronts to reveal original or 1930s Art Deco work, with judicious repairs and replacements as necessary, plus stonework repairs and the restoration of traditional London Transport signage.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove, whether bit by bit or suddenly."
      ],
      "id": "en-strip_away-en-verb-aUcd06u6",
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove, whether bit by bit or suddenly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"away\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "27 73",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you strip away the hype, you find that he is just an ordinary person trying to make a living, like everyone else.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discard or disregard; to ignore (a factor that obscures the reality)."
      ],
      "id": "en-strip_away-en-verb-iPBusdLD",
      "links": [
        [
          "discard",
          "discard"
        ],
        [
          "disregard",
          "disregard"
        ],
        [
          "ignore",
          "ignore"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To discard or disregard; to ignore (a factor that obscures the reality)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "strip away"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"away\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "strips away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stripping away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stripped away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stripped away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "strip away (third-person singular simple present strips away, present participle stripping away, simple past and past participle stripped away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When we stripped away the old wallpaper, we discovered an interesting mural painted on the wall.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The government has stripped away some of our basic rights by passing a series of controversial laws.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award: Victoria Arcade”, in RAIL, number 946, page 59:",
          "text": "This project has stripped away modern PVCu and aluminium shop fronts to reveal original or 1930s Art Deco work, with judicious repairs and replacements as necessary, plus stonework repairs and the restoration of traditional London Transport signage.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove, whether bit by bit or suddenly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To remove, whether bit by bit or suddenly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "If you strip away the hype, you find that he is just an ordinary person trying to make a living, like everyone else.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discard or disregard; to ignore (a factor that obscures the reality)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discard",
          "discard"
        ],
        [
          "disregard",
          "disregard"
        ],
        [
          "ignore",
          "ignore"
        ],
        [
          "obscure",
          "obscure"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To discard or disregard; to ignore (a factor that obscures the reality)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "strip away"
}

Download raw JSONL data for strip away meaning in English (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.