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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stripe
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Stars and Stripes, the
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
▪ In the Grevy's zebra there is a bold black central stripe surrounded by a bleached-out white area.
▪ I picked the one with red and black stripes.
▪ The black and white stripes of the skunks act as a powerful deterrent, even from a great distance.
▪ Diminutive body, pink puffed sleeves, dress a criss-cross of black stripes.
▪ It also has a black eye stripe and one at the rear.
▪ This species has handsomely black with yellow stripes.
▪ One woman, her back to us, wears bright yellow; black stripes encircle buttock, hipbone.
blue
▪ The blue stripes show the pattern rows, the orange background rows.
▪ In addition there are two horizontal blue stripes on the head, one passing through the eye the other below it.
▪ Colour: Its body is predominantly white and has horizontal blue stripes towards the underside which is yellow.
▪ Carefully draw on thick blue stripes.
▪ But she turned out black and white with a bright blue stripe running down each wing.
dark
▪ For most experimental purposes spatial variations occur in only one dimension so that the stimuli appear as light and dark stripes.
▪ The pattern of seven dark horizontal stripes on a light background is not fully evident in juvenile specimens.
▪ Smaller than Levant Sparrowhawk, with pale cheeks, pale tail and brown on neck. Dark throat stripe like immature Levant.
▪ The caudal, dorsal and pectoral fins are marked with darker stripes.
▪ A grating is a set of tight and dark stripes, usually of equal width.
horizontal
▪ Bees, thus, actively approach horizontal stripes and avoid vertical ones, suggesting that there are two or more independent channels.
▪ In addition there are two horizontal blue stripes on the head, one passing through the eye the other below it.
▪ Colour: Its body is predominantly white and has horizontal blue stripes towards the underside which is yellow.
▪ The pattern of seven dark horizontal stripes on a light background is not fully evident in juvenile specimens.
▪ The stripey is marked with black and yellow-gold horizontal stripes.
▪ Behind the head it displays horizontal stripes.
red
▪ He made off, with the other man, in a silver metro type car with distinctive red stripes.
▪ I picked the one with red and black stripes.
▪ The ribbon cable normally has a red stripe marking line 1.
▪ Gala: Yellow skin with bright red stripes.
▪ On their feet both men and women wear half-length boots of yellow calfskin trimmed with a red stripe on the turned-down uppers.
▪ Police donned a black version, accented with a red stripe down the front.
▪ It was a little larger than any of the others and a red stripe had been painted across the length of its shell.
▪ The red stripes on the overall's outer seams had long faded to a dull purple.
vertical
▪ Thin vertical stripes and a drawstring waist make this divided dress ideal for the fuller figure.
▪ The upper surface of the blades is brown-green or olive, sometimes with horizontal or vertical red-brown stripes.
▪ Perhaps so, but if this is the case, why should vertical stripes be selected as the particular zebra pattern?
▪ Many of these would produce the vertical projecting stripes that ran down the four faces of the building.
white
▪ Black over-tunics, with a fine white stripe, and black shirt with wide white ties.
▪ The double white stripe is for show, as are the two parking meters.
▪ The leaves are almost white with green stripes and are held in elegant fans.
▪ On his feet, sticking out of faded Carlina-blue jeans, are two soft black shoes with white stripes.
▪ The black and white stripes of the skunks act as a powerful deterrent, even from a great distance.
▪ The old light blue trousers with white leg stripes could be worn with both the four-pocket blue blouse and the khaki version.
▪ The jaws opened wider and they could see the teeth, glimmering white as the stripes along the head.
▪ The white coat was worn with white trousers, without additional white stripes.
yellow
▪ It has violet flowers with yellow stripes inside the tube.
▪ This species has handsomely black with yellow stripes.
▪ The wallpaper was purple and yellow and green stripes ... But the dream had vanished.
▪ He was sheathed in a blue body stocking which had yellow stripes running from his armpits to his ankles.
▪ It is a small species with a distinctive yellow stripe down its back.
▪ Leaves are stiff and thick, light to dark green, and crossed by yellow stripes in some species.
▪ This fish is dark brown or black with gold or yellow stripes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a sergeant's stripes
▪ He was wearing a grey suit with narrow blue stripes.
▪ My horse had a big white stripe down the middle of his nose.
▪ The American flag has red and white stripes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He lined up the reds and whites into stripes, then got the blues into their square.
▪ He made off, with the other man, in a silver metro type car with distinctive red stripes.
▪ He was sheathed in a blue body stocking which had yellow stripes running from his armpits to his ankles.
▪ I put on a dark grey suit with a fine stripe, a grey woollen tie and a soft white shirt.
▪ If there isn't a false cornice or cove, form one by painting a stripe or two immediately under the ceiling.
▪ Some 500 details of people's credit card magnetic stripes were found on computers.
▪ The other, facing us, wears aqua, four thin black stripes low on her hips.
▪ Then Kathleen, in a purple silk dress with black stripes, a black hat, and black shoes.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stripe

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.

  2. To strike; to lash. [R.]

Stripe

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.

  2. (Weaving) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.

  3. A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.

  4. A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.

    Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed.
    --Deut. xxv. 3.

  5. A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.

    Cruelty marked him with inglorious stripes.
    --Thomson.

  6. Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe. [Colloq. U.S.]

  7. pl. (Mil.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.

    Stars and Stripes. See under Star, n.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
stripe

"a line or band in cloth," early 15c., from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stripe "stripe, streak," from Proto-Germanic *stripan (cognates: Danish stribe "a striped fabric," German Streifen "stripe"), cognate with Old Irish sriab "stripe," from PIE root *streig- "to stroke, rub, press" (see strigil). Of soldiers' chevrons, badges, etc., attested from 1827. Stripes for "prison uniform" is by 1887, American English.

stripe

"a stroke or lash," early 15c., probably a special use of stripe (n.1), from the marks left by a lash. Compare also Dutch strippen "to whip," West Frisian strips, apparently cognate but not attested as early as the English word.

stripe

"ornament with stripes," early 15c., from stripe (n.1). Compare Middle Flemish stripen, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch stripen. Related: Striped; striping.

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Wiktionary
stripe

n. 1 A long, straight region of a single colour. 2 (context in the plural English) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces. 3 (context informal English) Distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort. 4 A long narrow mark left by striking with a lash or rod; by extension, such a stroke. 5 (context weaving English) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colours, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To mark with stripes. 2 (context transitive computing English) To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.

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WordNet
stripe

  1. n. 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]

stripe

v. mark with stripes

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Wikipedia
Stripe

Stripe, striped, or stripes may refer to:

  • Stripe (pattern), a line or band that differs in colour or tone from an adjacent surface. The terms may also refer to:
Stripe (company)

Stripe is an American technology company, operating in over 20 countries, that allows both private individuals and businesses to accept payments over the Internet. Stripe focuses on providing the technical, fraud prevention, and banking infrastructure required to operate online payment systems.

Stripe (pattern)

A stripe is a line or band that differs in color or tone from an adjacent area. Stripes are a group of such lines.

As a pattern (more than one stripe together), stripes are commonly seen in nature, food, emblems, clothing, and elsewhere.

Two-toned stripes inherently draw one's attention, and as such are used to signal hazards. They are used in road signs, barricade tape, and thresholds.

In nature, as with the zebra, stripes may have developed through natural selection to produce motion dazzle.

Stripes may give appeal to certain foods. One example is the candy cane.

For hundreds of years, stripes have been used in clothing. Striped clothing has frequently had negative symbolism in Western cultures, representing negativity. Historian Michel Pastoureau explores the cultural history of these design decisions in the book, The Devil's Cloth.

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Usage examples of "stripe".

And next Summer when I start out on my campane with my Show, wharever I pitch my little tent, you shall see floatin prowdly from the center pole thereof the Amerikan Flag, with nary a star wiped out, nary a stripe less, but the same old flag that has allers flotid thar!

The rods that thinly stripe our landscape, long shafts from the clouds, if we had but agility to make the arrowy downward journey with them by the glancing of our eyes, would be infinitely separate, units, an innumerable flight of single things, and the simple movement of intricate points.

July flowers, and striped balsamine, singing birds and fluttering insects, full of extravagant beauty.

He threaded a Green Caddis Fly onto his line and fished for two hours, catching a rainbow trout and two small striped bass on barbless hooks.

He was in a striped blue western-cut shirt, long-sleeved with pearl snaps, and worn blue jeans under equally worn batwing chaps held up by a wide, silver-buckled belt.

The broadest part of Moor Fields, directly before Bedlam, had been outlined with a quadrilateral, and striped with a St.

There were several different kinds: huge black bumblebees, a smaller kind, striped with black and yellow fuzz, and the smooth lethal shapes of wasps, bellies pointed as daggers.

His beltless pants drooped off his hips, showing two inches of skin and three inches of black and yellow striped underwear below the tail of his shirt.

I exchanged the dressing gown for the practical bengaline day dress with its dark blue stripes.

In her wardrobe there are invariably a lot of sheer muslins, voiles and wash silks in white, mauve, greys, pinks, or delicate stripes, the outline following the fashion, voluminous, straight or clinging, the bodice tight with trimmings inset or full, beruffled, or kerchiefed.

They wear tunics of flimsy satin, pink and yellow, red and white, black and white, red, green and white, in blotched stripes of brilliant colours that dazzle like an optical illusion, and they bedeck themselves with much jewellery made of red glass.

And there were no NASA logos: just the Bootstrap insignia, and a boldly displayed Stars and Stripes.

He wore the diagonally striped old school tie, his hair was brilliantined and carefully brushed, and the sleek lines of the mustache had been trimmed that morning.

What the day before it had taken him three hours to make from striped pants, a jacketlike rag with bold checks, a brimless hat, and, with the help of an incomplete and ramshackle ladder, an armful of freshly cut willow switches, he tore down the following morning, to construct from the same materials an oddity of a very different race and faith, but which like its predecessor commanded birds to keep their distance.

In general it is a fulvous grey, marked or clouded with black, or with black longitudinal stripes.