To deprive someone of (rank, power, or property): The lieutenant was stripped of his rank. Lance Armstrong was stripped of his Tour de France titles last year because of doping.
Thursday, 17 January 2013
Trickle
[v]
~leak/drip/dribble/drop
Raintrickled down the windows. ~
Rain dripped down the windows.
The audience trickled into the theater in twos and threes. ~The audiences moved slowly.
The engine wastricklingoil. (An oil leak)
Trickle [n]
Only atrickleof water came from the faucet/ tap. ~a
small amount of water flowing from the tap