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Stripe

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Noun

1. band, banding, stripe

an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

2. stripe

a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service

3. chevron, grade insignia, stripe, stripes

V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

Example Sentences:
'they earned their stripes in Kuwait'

4. stripe

a kind or category

Example Sentences:
'businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal'

5. bar, streak, stripe

a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

Example Sentences:
'a green toad with small black stripes or bars'
'may the Stars and Stripes forever wave'

Verb

6. stripe

mark with stripes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Stripe

see synonyms of stripe
noun
1. 
a relatively long band of distinctive colour or texture that differs from the surrounding material or background
2. 
a fabric having such bands
3. 
a strip, band, or chevron of fabric worn on a military uniform, etc, esp one that indicates rank
4. mainly US and Canadian
kind; sort; type
a man of a certain stripe
verb
5. (transitive)
to mark with a stripe or stripes
noun
a stroke from a whip, rod, cane, etc

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Stripe

see synonyms of stripe
noun
1. 
a long, narrow band, mark, or streak, differing in color, texture, or material from the surrounding area
2.  [often pl.]
a fabric or garment with a pattern of parallel stripes
3. 
a strip of cloth or braid, as a chevron, bar, or curve, worn on the sleeve as of a military uniform to indicate rank or length of service
4. 
a distinctive type, kind, or sort
a man of his stripe
5.  Archaic
a. 
a stroke with a whip, etc.
b. 
a long welt on the skin
verb transitiveWord forms: striped or ˈstriping
6. 
to mark with a stripe or stripes

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Stripe

see synonyms of stripe
n.
1.
a. A long narrow band distinguished, as by color or texture, from the surrounding material or surface.
b. A textile pattern of parallel bands or lines on a contrasting background.
c. A fabric having such a pattern.
2. A strip of cloth or braid worn on a uniform to indicate rank, awards received, or length of service; a chevron.
3. 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.
n.
Archaic
A stroke or blow, as with a whip.

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