stripping (verb)

  • 41strip sth off sth — UK US strip sth off (sth) Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to get rid of unnecessary costs or payments: »She succeeded in making the company a top performer by stripping off unprofitable assets …

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  • 42strip sth out — UK US strip sth out Phrasal Verb with strip({{}}/strɪp/ verb [T] ( pp ) ► to ignore particular numbers in a situation in order to understand what is really important: »After stripping out property sales, the firm s operating profits rose 10%. ►… …

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  • 43ventilate — [[t]ve̱ntɪleɪt[/t]] ventilates, ventilating, ventilated 1) VERB If you ventilate a room or building, you allow fresh air to get into it. [V n] Ventilate the room properly when paint stripping... [V n] The pit is ventilated by a steel fan. [V ed] …

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  • 44pig — 1 noun (C) 1 ANIMAL a farm animal that is usually pink or black and has short legs, a fat body, and a curved tail see also: guinea pig (1) 2 PERSON spoken a) someone who eats too much or eats more than their share: Greedy pig, you ate all the… …

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  • 45harvest — /ˈhavəst / (say hahvuhst) noun 1. the gathering of crops. 2. the season of gathering ripened crops, especially of grain. 3. a crop or yield, as of grain. 4. a supply of anything gathered at maturity and stored up: a harvest of nuts. 5. the… …

  • 46weatherstrip — I noun a narrow strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window to exclude the cold • Syn: ↑weather strip, ↑weather stripping, ↑weatherstripping • Hypernyms: ↑strip, ↑slip II …

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  • 47field-strip — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to take apart (a weapon) to the extent authorized for routine cleaning, lubrication, and minor repairs * * * /feeld strip /, v.t., field stripped or (Rare) field stript, field stripping. Mil. 1. to take apart (a… …

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  • 48strip mine — noun Date: 1926 a mine that is worked from the earth s surface by the stripping of overburden; especially a coal mine situated along the outcrop of a flat dipping bed • strip mine verb • strip miner noun …

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  • 49weather strip — noun Date: 1847 a strip of material to cover the joint of a door or window and the sill, casing, or threshold so as to exclude rain, snow, and cold air called also weather stripping • weather strip transitive verb …

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  • 50Grigori Rasputin — Infobox Person name = Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin image size = 200px caption = Grigori Rasputin birth name = birth date = birth date|1869|1|22 birth place = Pokrovskoye, Siberia death date = death date and age|1916|12|29|1869|1|22 death place =… …

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