Stripe
[straɪp]
Definition
(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'.
(noun.) a kind or category; 'businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal'.
(noun.) a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service.
(verb.) mark with stripes.
Checker: Terrance--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
(n.) A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.
(n.) A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.
(n.) A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.
(n.) Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.
(n.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
(v. t.) To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.
(v. t.) To strike; to lash.
Editor: Shanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Streak.
n. [1]. Streak.[2]. Stroke (with a lash), blow.[3]. Wale, mark of the lash.
Typed by Betsy
Definition
n. a blow esp. one made with a lash rod &c.: a wale or discoloured mark made by a lash or rod: a line or long narrow division of a different colour from the ground: kind particular sort: striped cloth.—v.t. to make stripes upon: to form with lines of different colours.—adjs. Strīped having stripes of different colours; Strī′py stripelike.
Checker: Nellie
Examples
- And there were others of a different stripe. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He had a stripe beside the three stars on his sleeve. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The koulan of Pallas is said to have been seen with a double shoulder-stripe. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Edwards, that with the English race-horse the spinal stripe is much commoner in the foal than in the full-grown animal. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- The stripe on the shoulder is sometimes double, and is very variable in length and outline. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- My son made a careful examination and sketch for me of a dun Belgian cart-horse with a double stripe on each shoulder and with leg-stripes. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Was he alone, that long night, whose brave, loving spirit was bearing up, in that old shed, against buffeting and brutal stripes? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- My stripes were sore and stiff, and made me cry afresh, when I moved; but they were nothing to the guilt I felt. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The stripes were parallel silver lines on a black background sewed to the cloth of the sleeve about eight inches below the shoulder. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- In this case one of the angles at the back of the box is not apparent, but the colored stripes prevent the spectator from noticing the fact. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The appearance of the stripes is not accompanied by any change of form, or by any other new character. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He wore a corporal's stripes on his sleeves and was sweating very much although the early morning was still cool. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Yellow and black stripes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- We see this tendency to become striped most strongly displayed in hybrids from between several of the most distinct species. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Colonel Poole has seen both gray and bay Kattywar horses striped when first foaled. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- She had on a red cloak and a black bonnet: or rather, a broad- brimmed gipsy hat, tied down with a striped handkerchief under her chin. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He was habited in a coarse, striped waistcoat, with black calico sleeves, and blue glass buttons; drab breeches and leggings. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The strangest point was her dress--a stuff petticoat and a striped cotton camisole. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I identified them by their red and white striped collar mark. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- This was addressed to a bluff old fellow, in a striped waistcoat, who was standing by the bar. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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