stripe
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
- (noun) From Middle Dutch or Middle Low German stripe.
- (verb) From the first one. (cf Dutch strippen)
Noun
stripe (plural stripes)
- A long, straight region of a single colour.
- (in the plural) The badge worn by certain officers in the military or other forces.
- A long narrow mark left by striking with a lash or rod; by extension, such a stroke.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- Thou most lying slave, / Whom stripes may move, not kindness!
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
Derived terms
Terms derived from stripe (noun)
Translations
long straight region of a one colour
badge
Verb
stripe (third-person singular simple present stripes, present participle striping, simple past and past participle striped)
- (transitive) To mark with stripes.
- (transitive, computing) To distribute data across several separate physical disks to reduce the time to read and write.
Translations
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- French: rayer
Related terms
External links
- stripe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- stripe in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- stripe at OneLook Dictionary Search