stripped
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The model was stripped down to its essential components for the demonstration.
Definition
- Adjective:
- With clothing removed; naked: Describes a person or thing that has had its clothing or covering taken off.
- With non-essential parts removed; bare or minimal: Describes something from which all extra, unnecessary, or decorative elements have been taken away, leaving only the essential structure or components.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The workers were stripped to the waist in the summer heat.
- After the fire, the building stood stripped, revealing its charred frame.
- The stripped version of the software is faster but has fewer features.
- They lived in a stripped apartment with just a bed and a table.
Advanced Usage
- "stripped of": Used to indicate what has been removed from something.
- The room was stripped of all furniture.
- He felt stripped of his dignity after the unfair criticism.
Variants and Related Words
- Strip (verb): To remove a covering, layer, or possession.
- They had to strip the old paint from the door.
- Stripped-down (adjective): Reduced to the most basic or essential form. (This is a compound word listed separately as per instruction).
- The band performed a stripped-down acoustic version of their hit song.
Synonyms
- Bare: Lacking the usual or appropriate covering or contents.
- Uncovered: Having no covering.
- Minimalist: Using the simplest and most basic elements.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Strip away: To remove something, especially something that hides the true nature of a thing.
- The documentary strips away the glamour to show the harsh reality of the industry.
- Strip off: To take off clothing or a layer.
- He stripped off his wet clothes.
Related Idioms
- Stripped to the bone: Reduced to the absolute minimum or essentials.
- Their proposal was stripped to the bone to meet the severe budget cuts.
The model was stripped down to its essential components for the demonstration.
Adjective
- with clothing stripped off
- having everything extraneous removed including contents
- the bare walls
- the cupboard was bare
- having only essential or minimal features
- a stripped new car
- a stripped-down budget