stripping

Definitions

The act of removing a covering, layer, or surface from something.

The practice of performing a striptease.

The process of removing assets or components from a company or machine.

Examples

The workers were busy stripping the old paint off the wooden fence.

Stripping the engine down to its core components helped the mechanic identify the fault.

She is stripping away the unnecessary details to focus on the main argument of her essay.

Synonyms

peeling removing clearing uncovering denuding divesting dismantling

Antonyms

covering cladding coating adding installing assembling clothing