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Dictionary: stripe1   (strīp) pronunciation
n.
    1. A long narrow band distinguished, as by color or texture, from the surrounding material or surface.
    2. A textile pattern of parallel bands or lines on a contrasting background.
    3. A fabric having such a pattern.
  1. A strip of cloth or braid worn on a uniform to indicate rank, awards received, or length of service; a chevron.
  2. Sort; kind: "All Fascists are not of one mind, one stripe" (Lillian Hellman).
tr.v., striped, strip·ing, stripes.
To mark with stripes or a stripe.

[Middle English, possibly from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strīpe.]


stripe2 (strīp) pronunciation
n.
A stroke or blow, as with a whip.

[Middle English.]


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noun

  1. A long narrow piece, as of material: band1, bandeau, fillet, strip2. See matter.
  2. A class that is defined by the common attribute or attributes possessed by all its members: breed, cast, description, feather, ilk, kind2, lot, manner, mold, nature, order, sort, species, stamp, type, variety. Informal persuasion. See group.

verb

    To mark with a line or band, as of different color or texture: streak, striate, variegate. See marks.

n. a chevron sewn onto a uniform to denote military rank.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

A white mark, narrower than the nasal bones, down the face of a horse. Called also race.

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Originating from the Latin word "stripus"; a stripe is a long, straight region of a single color; it may refer to:

  • Candystripe, a pattern of diagonal stripes twisted around a cylinder stereotypically embodied by the candy cane
  • Candystriper, a nickname for a female hospital volunteer derived from a formerly common outfit
  • Chevron (insignia), sometimes referred to as stripes, a mark of military rank
  • Data striping, the segmentation of logically sequential data so that segments can be written to multiple physical devices
  • Go-faster stripes, refer to an imitative decoration applied to cars to make them appear to be modified for extra speed
  • Magnetic stripe card, a type of card capable of storing data via magnetism
  • Red Stripe, a Jamaican lager-style beer whose logo is a bold, diagonal red stripe
  • Service stripe, an award in the United States armed forces
  • S.T.R.I.P.E. (aka Pat Dugan), a fictional superhero in the DC Comics universe
  • Striped paint, a classic example of a snipe hunt, a type of prank
  • The Candystripes, nickname for Derry City F.C., an Irish football club

In entertainment:

In animals:

In places:

  • Stripe, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland

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Translations: Stripe
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - stribe, bånd, bane, strime, vinkel, distinktionssnor, slags, art, type, kategori, gruppe, slag
v. tr. - stribe, gøre stribet

2.
n. - piskestrime

Nederlands (Dutch)
streep, strepen zetten

Français (French)
1.
n. - rayure, langue (de sable, de terre)
v. tr. - rayer

2.
n. - coup (de fouet)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Streifen
v. - streifen

2.
n. - Schlag

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λωρίδα, ρίγα, ράβδωση, (για στολή) σιρίτι, γαλόνι (κν. σαρδέλα), (ΗΠΑ) νοοτροπία, (πληθ.) (Βρετ., καθομ.) χαρακτηριστικές ραβδώσεις στολής κρατουμένου
v. - ριγώνω, διακοσμώ με ρίγες ή ραβδώσεις

Italiano (Italian)
striscia

Português (Portuguese)
n. - listra (f), faixa, galão (Mil.)
v. - riscar, listrar

Русский (Russian)
полоса, кайма, нашивка, испещрять полосами, делать бороздки

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - faja, banda, tira
v. tr. - rayar

2.
n. - azote

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - rand, strimma, linje, remsa, randmönster, streck (i gradbeteckning)
v. - att märka med rand el ränder

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 条纹, 斑纹, 条纹布, 线条, 条纹衫, 加条纹于

2. 鞭刑

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 條紋, 斑紋, 條紋布, 線條, 條紋衫
v. tr. - 加條紋於

2.
n. - 鞭刑

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 줄무늬, 형태, 줄무늬 죄수복
v. tr. - 줄무늬로 장식하다, ~에 줄무늬를 넣다

2.
n. - 채찍질, 매질

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 縞, ストライプ, 袖章, 種類
v. - 筋を付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شريط, تخطيط (فعل) خطط, قلم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רצועה, פס, סרט-דרגה, מכת-שוט‬
v. tr. - ‮סימן בפסים‬
n. - ‮הלקאה, הצלפה, מכת-שוט‬


 
 
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