stripe
1. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
band, banding
• Derivationally related forms:
stripy
• Hypernyms:
adornment
• Hyponyms:
cigar band, hatband, neckband, pinstripe
• Part Holonyms:
garment
2. a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
badge
3. 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
• Syn:
streak, bar
• Derivationally related forms:
streaky (for: streak), streak (for: streak), stripy
• Hypernyms:
marking
• Hyponyms:
band, banding, stria, striation
4. V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service
- they earned their stripes in Kuwait
• Syn:
chevron, stripes, grade insignia
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
badge
5. a kind or category
- businessmen of every stripe joined in opposition to the proposal
• Hypernyms:
kind, sort, form, variety
mark with stripes
• Derivationally related forms:
striping
• Hypernyms:
mark
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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