strip-v; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: remove or take away contents, covering, possessions, privileges, or honor

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 STRIP NP2

Examples:
Vandals also stripped the house of its Italian marble mantels and cypress paneling.
Winter has stripped the garden down to its bones.
Strip the tobacco leaves and separate them into "marketable" and "unmarketable" piles.
If you strip a mine of its minerals, the minerals don't re-spawn instantly.
Scientific American quickly stripped him of his title of Research Leader of the Year.
Native Americans were successively stripped of their lands and removed to the West.
It has stripped the country of schools, hospitals, roads and livelihoods.
Because of the pollution, the trees are almost completely stripped of bark.
She stripped and refinished the old chest of drawers.
He stripped off his socks and threw them in the hamper.
Moore's task is to strip away comforting illusions.
The IOC executive board stripped Mr. Kim of all his Olympic duties.

Mappings:
VerbNet: cheat-10.6,dress-41.1.1,wipe_manner-10.4.1-1
FrameNet: Emptying,Removing
PropBank: strip.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
strip_mine 1

Sense Number 2: cut, rip, or pull apart into strips or smaller parts

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 STRIP NP2[patient]
NOTE: Includes STRIP DOWN, when NP2 is -human

Examples:
We then stripped the pink wallpaper into shreds.
I've decided to strip down my motorbike and rebuild it.

Mappings:
VerbNet: wipe_manner-10.4.1-1
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 11

Sense Number 3: take off clothing; do a striptease

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 STRIP NP1 STRIP NP2[human]
NOTE: The clothing being stripped off is understood--it is not overtly mentioned
NOTE: Includes STRIP DOWN

Examples:
Suddenly he stripped off and ran into the sea.
He stripped down to the waist.
The Nurse quickly and efficiently stripped Melody as bare naked as the day she was born.
She only strips to support her family.

Mappings:
VerbNet: cheat-10.6,dress-41.1.1,wipe_manner-10.4.1-1
FrameNet: Removing
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 13
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
strip_down 1

Sense Number 4: remove substances from a liquid or solution

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 STRIP NP2[liquid] OF NP3

Examples:
It stripped the water of 95 percent of its total phosphorus.
Mechanical homogenization process strips the milk of its buffers.
Water in your skin strips the acid of hydrogen atoms, producing enough heat to burn.

Mappings:
VerbNet: cheat-10.6,wipe_manner-10.4.1-1
FrameNet: Removing
PropBank: strip.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4, 10

Sense Number 5: damage the threads of a part or fitting

Commentary: Syntax is: NP1 STRIP NP2

Examples:
I am sorry that the wrenches that you have stripped the bolts.
And if you do manage to strip the screws completely, you won't be able to remove them.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: strip.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9

Sense Number 6: press the last drops of milk (from cow or goat)

Examples:
Do not strip the cow until the calf is weaned.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: strip.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 12