'Stripe' definitions:
Definition of 'stripe'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service
noun
V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait" [syn: chevron, stripe, stripes, grade insignia]
noun
A kind or category; "businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal"
noun
A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" [syn: stripe, streak, bar]
verb
Mark with stripes
Definition of 'Stripe'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Stripe'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark. [1913 Webster]
- Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed. --Deut. xxv. 3. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]
- 7. pl. (Mil.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer. [1913 Webster]
- Stars and Stripes. See under Star, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stripe'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Hershey bar,
- 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
Words containing 'Stripe'
- Striped,
- Striping,
- stripes,
- Bengal stripes,
- Stars and Stripes,
- Striped bass,
- Striped maple,
- Striped mullet,
- Striped perch,
- Striped snake,
- Striped squirrel,
- magnetic stripe,
- service stripe,
- stripe blight,
- striped dogwood,
- striped drum,
- striped fish,
- striped gentian,
- striped hyena,
- striped jasper,
- striped killifish,
- striped marlin,
- striped muishond,
- striped racer,
- striped skunk,
- striped stripy,
- striped violet,
- brown-striped,
- brownish-striped,
- plateau striped whiptail,
- red-striped,
- reddish-striped,
- striped button quail,
- striped coral root,
- striped prairie squirrel,
- tiger-striped,
- yellow-striped