When we talk about ‘strip’, think of a banana. You know how you pull away the banana peel to eat the yummy fruit inside? That action of taking the peel off is like stripping. It’s about removing something from the outside to get to what’s inside. Now, imagine you’re drawing with crayons, and you want to start over. You might use an eraser to strip away the colors from the paper, so you have a clean space to draw again. It’s like taking away the old to make room for something new.
Another way to think of ‘strip’ is like when you have a band-aid on your knee. When it’s time to take it off, you peel it away from your skin. That’s another form of stripping. It’s about taking something away, like removing a sticker from a book.
Finally, think of a tree in the fall. When the leaves fall off, the tree is being stripped of its leaves. The tree is still there, strong and tall, but the leaves are gone until next spring. Stripping is just about taking something off, so everything underneath can breathe or be seen.