Past tense of strip
regular verb
The past tense of strip is stripped. The past participle is also stripped.
Forms of strip
| Base form (V1) | strip /ˈstɹɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stripped /stɹɪpt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | stripped /stɹɪpt/ |
| Present participle | stripping |
| Third person singular | strips /stɹɪps/ |
Stripped in a sentence
- Seeing that no one else was about, he stripped and dived into the river.
- The athlete was stripped of his medal after failing a drugs test.
- First we removed all the handles; next, we stripped off the old paint.From the entry next
- As soon as he got home from exercising, Ryan stripped down and took a shower.From the entry strip down
- The project had to be stripped down to the core elements in order to hit the budget.From the entry strip down
Meaning of strip
- noun A long, thin piece of land; any long, thin area.
- noun A long, thin piece of any material; any such material collectively.
- noun A comic strip.
Questions about the past tense of strip
- What is the past tense of strip?
- The past tense of strip is stripped.
- What is the past participle of strip?
- The past participle of strip is stripped.
- Is strip a regular or irregular verb?
- Strip is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: strip (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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