stripe

A long, narrow area of colour that differs from the surface beside it.

• My shirt has a blue stripe.
• Zebras have black and white stripes.
• She painted a red stripe along the wall.

How to use it: stripe on something (There is a yellow stripe on the door.)

Similar words: band, line

Common phrases: black stripe, vertical stripe, stripe on something

A kind of person or thing, especially one with particular beliefs or characteristics.

• Politicians of every stripe attended.
• I distrust leaders of that stripe.
• The group welcomes people of any political stripe.

How to use it: of a particular stripe (She works with politicians of every stripe.)

Similar words: kind, type, sort

Common phrases: political stripe, of every stripe, of that stripe

To mark a surface with long, narrow lines of a different colour.

• We stripe the fabric by hand.
• She striped the wall with blue paint.
• They will stripe the road after the surface dries.

How to use it: stripe something with something (They striped the cloth with narrow bands of red.)

Common phrases: stripe something, stripe with something