to strip a tree of leaves

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• Strip — Strip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stripped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stripping}.] [OE. stripen, strepen, AS. str?pan in bestr?pan to plunder; akin to D. stroopen, MHG. stroufen, G. streifen.] 1. To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• strip — strip1 /strip/, v., stripped or stript, stripping, n. v.t. 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to take away or remove: to strip sheets from the bed. 4. to deprive or divest:… …   Universalium

• strip — I. /strɪp / (say strip) verb (stripped or, Rare, stript, stripping) –verb (t) 1. to deprive of covering: to strip a fruit of its rind. 2. to deprive of clothing; make bare or naked. 3. to deprive or divest: to strip a tree of its fruit. 4. to… …  

• Tree — /tree/, n. Sir Herbert Beerbohm /bear bohm/, (Herbert Beerbohm), 1853 1917, English actor and theater manager; brother of Max Beerbohm. * * * I Woody perennial plant. Most trees have a single self supporting trunk containing woody tissues, and in …   Universalium

• tree — treelike, adj. /tree/, n., v., treed, treeing. n. 1. a plant having a permanently woody main stem or trunk, ordinarily growing to a considerable height, and usually developing branches at some distance from the ground. 2. any of various shrubs,… …   Universalium

• Pearls Before Swine (comic strip) — Pearls Before Swine The four main Pearls Before Swine Characters. From left to right: Zebra, Rat, Pig and Goat. Author(s) Stephan Pastis …   Wikipedia

• Las Vegas Strip — The Las Vegas Strip (also known as The Strip) is an approximately 4 mile (6.4 km) section of Las Vegas Boulevard South in the Paradise and Winchester areas unincorporated Clark County, Nevada, United States, south of the Las Vegas city limits.… …   Wikipedia

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• The Giving Tree — first published in 1964, is a children s book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. This book has become one of Silverstein s best known titles and has been translated into more than 30 languages. Storyline The story is a short moral tale …   Wikipedia

• The Leaves — were an American garage band formed in California in 1963. They are best known for their version of the song Hey Joe , which was a hit in 1966. Theirs is the earliest release of this song, which became a rock standard.HistoryThe band was founded… …   Wikipedia

• lead tree — noun low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods • Syn: ↑white popinac, ↑Leucaena glauca, ↑Leucaena leucocephala • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Member Holonyms …   Useful english dictionary