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string|er /str I ŋə ^r / (stringers ) N‑COUNT A stringer is a journalist who is employed part-time by a newspaper or news service in order to report on a particular area. [JOURNALISM ] □  He picked up extra money as a local stringer for the New York Herald.

stri ng quar|te t (string quartets )

1 N‑COUNT A string quartet is a group of four musicians who play stringed instruments together. The instruments are two violins, a viola, and a cello. □  …a recital by the Borodin String Quartet.

2 N‑COUNT A string quartet is a piece of music played on two violins, a viola, and a cello. □  …Dvorak's String Quartet Opus 34.

stringy /str I ŋi/ (stringier , stringiest ) ADJ Stringy food contains long, thin pieces that are difficult or unpleasant to eat. □  The meat was stringy.

strip ◆◇◇ /str I p/ (strips , stripping , stripped )

1 N‑COUNT A strip of something such as paper, cloth, or food is a long, narrow piece of it. □ [+ of ] …a new kind of manufactured wood made by pressing strips of wood together and baking them. □ [+ of ] Serve dish with strips of fresh raw vegetables.

2 N‑COUNT A strip of land or water is a long narrow area of it. □ [+ of ] The coastal cities of Liguria sit on narrow strips of land lying under steep mountains. □ [+ of ] …a short boat ride across a narrow strip of water.

3 N‑COUNT A strip is a long street in a city or town, where there are a lot of stores, restaurants, and hotels. [AM ] □  She owns a hotel-restaurant in the commercial strip on the mainland.

4 VERB If you strip , you take off your clothes. □ [V ] They stripped completely, and lay in the damp grass. □ [V adj] Women residents stripped naked in protest. ● PHRASAL VERB Strip off means the same as strip . □ [V P ] The children were brazenly stripping off and leaping into the sea.

5 VERB [usu passive] If someone is stripped , their clothes are taken off by another person, for example in order to search for hidden or illegal things. □ [be V -ed] One prisoner claimed he'd been dragged to a cell, stripped and beaten.

6 → see also strip-search

7 VERB To strip something means to remove everything that covers it. □ [V n] After Mike left for work I stripped the beds and vacuumed the carpets. □ [be V -ed] The floorboards in both this room and the dining room have been stripped, sanded and sealed.

8 VERB If you strip an engine or a piece of equipment, you take it to pieces so that it can be cleaned or repaired. □ [V n] Volvo's three-man team stripped the car and restored it. ● PHRASAL VERB Strip down means the same as strip . □ [V n P ] In five years I had to strip the water pump down four times. □ [V P n] I stripped down the carburettors, cleaned and polished the pieces and rebuilt the units.

9 VERB To strip someone of their property, rights, or titles means to take those things away from them. □ [be V -ed + of ] A senior official was stripped of all his privileges for publicly criticising his employer. [Also V n + of ]

10 N‑COUNT In a newspaper or magazine, a strip is a series of drawings which tell a story. The words spoken by the characters are often written on the drawings. [AM ] □  …the Doonesbury strip.

11 → see also landing strip

▸  strip away

1 PHRASAL VERB To strip away something, especially something that hides the true nature of a thing, means to remove it completely. □ [V P n] Altman strips away the pretence to expose the film industry as a business like any other.