stripping

SaySTRIP-ing/ˈstɹɪpɪŋ/

3 meanings of stripping

1
verb
Present participle of strip. Use this form for something happening right now.
She is stripping the wallpaper off the hallway.
He kept stripping leaves from the branch as he walked.
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2
noununcountable
The act of taking off a covering, layer, or clothing from something.
Like peeling the skin off an orange to get to the inside.
The stripping of the old paint took the whole afternoon.
The stripping of the cables exposed the bright copper inside.
Similarscraping, peeling, removal
Oppositecoating, covering
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3
noununcountable
A way of removing parts of a liquid by passing gas or steam through it.
Like steam rising off hot soup and carrying its smell away into the air.
Stripping removes the dissolved gases from the water before it enters the boiler.
The plant uses stripping to pull ammonia out of the wastewater.
Similardesorption
Oppositeabsorption
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stripping is a form of strip

strip, verb: To pull or take something off, often in long pieces. Full entry

Forms: stripstrips he/she/itstripping -ing formstripped past tense, past participle
Spelling: strip → stripping: double the p, add -ing

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