striped 1 of 2

as in streaked
having stripes the zebra is a black-and-white striped animal

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striped

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verb

past tense of stripe
as in barred
to make stripes on the children carefully striped the paper with red and blue paint

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Recent Examples of striped
Adjective
Chen tells me that the pool is a chic, oval jewel that rivals any scene from White Lotus, framed by striped loungers and lush gardens. Meggen Harris, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 In a brief court appearance in Boston federal court before Magistrate Judge Donald Cabell hours after his arrest, Flanagan, dressed in a white striped shirt and maroon pants, pled not guilty to five counts of wire fraud and one count of falsification of records. Chris Van Buskirk, Boston Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
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Discover Madewell’s striped and Uniqlo’s pale blue 100% cotton options, Zara’s chocolate brown shirt with a rounded hem, and Everlane’s oversized black iteration, crafted from Tencel. Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024 While sold out in most colorways, this shopper-favorite pick is still available in a classic grey and white-striped option. Kelsey Fredricks, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for striped
Recent Examples of Synonyms for striped
Adjective
  • One of his images features a mostly dry riverbed, its sand mysteriously streaked.
    Alex Cuadros, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Then, the plant emits some sort of gas right into Devin’s face, and his mug once again becomes streaked in black.
    Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • There’s broad agreement the native owls are at risk, but the animal rights organizations behind the opposition letter this week say killing barred owls is not the answer.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Dogs and buzzards fought over a dead cat in the middle of the street, directly across from an officer who watched the ferocious struggle from a barred window, twirling the ends of his moustache.
    Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 July 2022
Adjective
  • The matching set also includes straight-leg pants with banded hems, a drawstring waist, and side pockets.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In the very heart of the plateau, the Ancestral Pueblo people wedged brick dwellings directly into the banded cliffs.
    Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Striped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/striped. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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