stripe[verb]Synonyms: whip, flagellate, flog, hide, lash, lather, scourge, thrash, whale, yerk
[noun]Synonyms: strip, band, bandeau, banding, fillet, ribbon, type, breed, feather, ilk, kidney, kind, order, sort, species, variety
[verb]Synonyms: streak, strake, striate
English Thesaurus: stripe, streak, ban [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
stripe /straɪp/
noun [countable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch]
1. a line of colour, especially one of several lines of colour all close together:
a shirt with black and white stripesvertical/horizontal stripes2. of all stripes/of every stripe of all different types:
Politicians of all stripes complained about the plan.3. a narrow piece of material worn on the arm of a uniform as a sign of rank
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earn your stripes at
earn [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
stripe a line of colour, especially one of several lines of colour all close together:
the red and white stripes on the US flag horizontal stripesstreak a coloured line or thin mark, especially one that is not straight or has been made accidentally:
His hair was black with streaks of grey. He saw the red streaks of sunrise in the sky.band a thick line of colour that is different from the areas around it:
The fish has a black band on its fin. [TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲