(a) To remove the clothes of (sb.); ~ naked (stert-naked, to flesh and bon), strip (sb.) naked; ~ (naked) oute of, strip (sb.) of (his or her clothes); ~ of, strip (a corpse) of (armor or clothing); ~ unto smok, strip (sb.) to (her) undergarment; ppl. streped, denuded; (b)refl. to undress, disrobe; ~ naked; (c) to remove (the clothes from sb. or oneself); ~ of, take off (someone's or one's own clothes); peel off (the skin of a person or a bodily part); also, remove (the bridle) from a horse; ppl. strepid, ?of bodily tissue: removed, peeled off; -- used fig.; (d) ?to cause abrasion of the skin of (sb.) or of the tissue of (a bodily part); (e) ~ up, ?fig. to bring disgrace or shame on (sb.); ?vanquish (sb.), defeat.

(a) To remove the stalk or veins from (vegetable leaves); in saying: ~ a strau, peel a straw, perform an easy task or a trivial action; ~ stert-naked, remove the bark of (a tree); -- used fig.; (b) ~ of, to remove (the husk of a plant stalk, the skin of a fowl or fish), peel; remove (the feathers of a fowl); (c) to skin (an animal); ~ oute of his skin, tear (an animal) out of its pelt; also, tear (an animal) to pieces; (d) of a feather: ?to lose its barbs.

Fig. To extirpate (sins from sb. or the heart), root out.

(a) To rob (sb.), plunder, fleece; (b) to take (sth.) away (from sb.); (c) of Christ: to despoil (Hell).

In surname.