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English

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-ca-stripe.ogg An audio transcript can be found at en-us-stripe.ogg
  • Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-aɪp|-aɪp


Etymology

  1. From or stripe.
  2. From the first one. (cf strippen)


Noun

  1. A long, straight region of a single colour.
  2. The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.


Translations

Verb

  1. To mark with stripes.
  2. To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.


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Related terms


de:stripe fa:stripe fr:stripe io:stripe hu:stripe ja:stripe ru:stripe fi:stripe te:stripe vi:stripe zh:stripe

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stripe \Stripe\, n. [OD. strijpe a stripe, streak; akin to LG.
stripe, D. streep, Dan. stribe, G. strief, striefen, MHG.
striefen to glide, march.]
1. A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a
different color or structure from the ground; hence, any
linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or
streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads
in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some
other contrast of appearance.
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3. A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a
different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a
garment.
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4. A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the
like, such as usually leaves a mark.
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Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
--Deut. xxv.
3.
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5. A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow
of a lash, rod, or the like.
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Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes.
--Thomson.
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6. Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing
characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the
same political stripe. [Colloq. U.S.]
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7. pl. (Mil.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned
officer.
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Stars and Stripes. See under Star, n.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stripe \Stripe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Striped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Striping.]
1. To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different
colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.
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2. To strike; to lash. [R.]
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WordNet stripe
n 1: a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material [syn: band,
banding]
2: a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military
rank or length of service
3: V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service;
"they earned their stripes in Kuwait" [syn: chevron, stripes,
grade insignia]
4: a kind or category; "businessmen of every stripe joined in
opposition to the proposal"
5: a marking of a different color or texture from the
background [syn: streak]
v : mark with stripes
Moby Dictionary
Hershey bar , animus , aptitude , aviation badge , badge , band ,
bandeau , bar , baste , bastinado , beat , belabor , belt , bent ,
bespangle , bespeckle , bespot , bias , birch , blaze , blaze a trail ,
blemish , blood , blotch , body-build , box , brand , breed , buffet ,
cane , cast , chalk , chalk up , character , characteristic ,
characteristics , check , check off , checker , chevron , chicken ,
cicatrize , clan , class , club , color , complexion , composition ,
constituents , constitution , cowhide , crack , crasis , craze ,
cross-hatching , cudgel , cuff , cut , dapple , dash , define , delimit ,
delineation , demarcate , denomination , description , designation ,
dharma , diagonal , diathesis , discolor , disposition , dot ,
dotted line , drub , eagle , eccentricity , engrave , epaulet , ethos ,
feather , fiber , fillet , flagellate , flail , flake , flap , fleck ,
flog , form , frame , freckle , fustigate , gash , genius , genre , genus ,
give a whipping , give the stick , grain , habit , hachure , hairline ,
harlequin , hash mark , hatch , hatching , hide , horsewhip , hue , humor ,
humors , idiosyncrasy , ilk , impress , imprint , inclination ,
individualism , insignia of branch , iris , kidney , kin , kind , knout ,
label , lace , lash , lather , lay on , leaning , length , line ,
lineation , list , lot , maculate , make , make a mark , makeup , manner ,
marble , marbleize , mark , mark off , mark out , mental set , mettle ,
mind , mind-set , mold , motley , mottle , nature , nick , notch , number ,
oak leaf , order , organization insignia , overseas bar ,
parachute badge , patch , pencil , pepper , persuasion , phylum ,
physique , pip , pistol-whip , point , polychrome , polychromize ,
pommel , predilection , predisposition , preference , prick , print ,
proclivity , propensity , property , pummel , punch , punctuate ,
puncture , quality , race , rainbow , rawhide , ribbon , riddle , scar ,
scarify , score , scotch , scourge , scratch , seal , seam ,
service stripe , set , shape , shoulder patch ,
shoulder sleeve insignia , slant , slap , slash , smack , smite ,
somatotype , sort , spangle , spank , species , speck , speckle , spirit ,
splotch , spot , spread eagle , sprinkle , stain , stamp , star ,
stigmatize , stipple , strain , strake , strap , streak , streaking ,
stria , striate , striation , striature , striga , string , striola ,
strip , striping , stroke , stud , style , sublineation ,
submarine badge , suchness , swinge , switch , system , tattoo , temper ,
temperament , tendency , tenor , tessellate , the like of ,
the likes of , thrash , thump , tick , tick off , tone , trace , tribe ,
trounce , truncheon , turn , turn of mind , twist , type , underline ,
underlining , underscore , underscoring , variegate , variety , vein ,
virgule , wallop , warp , way , whale , whip , whop , yerk


FOLDOC stripe

data striping


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