Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 168
Stram (v. t.) To spring or recoil with violence. [Prov. Eng.]
Stram (v. t.) To dash down; to beat. [Prov. Eng.]
Stramash (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Stramash (n.) A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] -- Barham.
Stramazoun (n.) A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Stramineous (a.) Strawy; consisting of straw. -- Robinson.
Stramineous (a.) Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. -- Burton.
Stramonium (n.) (Bot.) A poisonous
plant ({Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and
Stramony (n.) (Bot.) Stramonium.
Strand (n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed.
Strand (v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope).
Strand (n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. -- Chaucer.
Strand birds. (Zool.) See Shore birds, under Shore.
Strand plover (Zool.), A black-bellied plover. See Illust. of Plover.
Strand wolf (Zool.), The brown hyena.
Stranded (imp. & p. p.) of Strand.
Stranding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strand.
Strand (v. t.) To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship.
Strand (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water.
Strand (n.) A pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole; "he tried to pick up the strands of his former life"; "I could hear several melodic strands simultaneously".
Strand (n.) Line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable.
Strand (n.) A necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: chain, string, strand].
Strand (n.) A very slender natural or synthetic fiber [syn: fibril, filament, strand].
Strand (n.) A poetic term for a shore (as the area periodically covered and uncovered by the tides).
Strand (n.) A street in west central London famous for its theaters and Hotels.
Strand (v.) Leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned" [syn: maroon, strand].
Strand (v.) Drive (a vessel) ashore.
Strand (v.) Bring to the ground; "the storm grounded the ship" [syn: ground, strand, run aground].
Strand, () AND-parallel logic programming language. Essentially flat Parlog83 with sequential-and and sequential-or eliminated.
["Strand: New Concepts on Parallel Programming", Ian Foster et al, P-H 1990]. Strand88 is a commercial implementation.
Strand, () A query language, implemented on top of INGRES (an RDBMS). ["Modelling Summary Data", R. Johnson, Proc ACM SIGMOD Conf 1981].
Stranded (a.) 擱淺的；無依無靠的；strand 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 Cut off or left behind; "an isolated pawn"; "several stranded fish in a tide pool"; "travelers marooned by the blizzard" [syn: {isolated}, {marooned}, {stranded}].
Strang (a.) Strong. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Halliwell.
Strang, NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 32
Housing Units (2000): 20
Land area (2000): 0.120825 sq. miles (0.312935 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.120825 sq. miles (0.312935 sq. km)
FIPS code: 47360
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.414114 N, 97.587435 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68444
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Strang, NE
Strang
Strang, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
Population (2000): 100
Housing Units (2000): 54
Land area (2000): 0.283896 sq. miles (0.735286 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.283896 sq. miles (0.735286 sq. km)
FIPS code: 70750
Located within: Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
Location: 36.411225 N, 95.133075 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 74367
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Strang, OK
Strang
Strange (a.) 奇怪的，奇妙的，不可思議的；陌生的；生疏的，不熟悉的 [Z] [（+to）] Belonging to another country; foreign. "To seek strange strands." -- Chaucer.
One of the strange queen's lords. -- Shak.
I do not contemn the knowledge of strange and divers tongues. -- Ascham.
Strange (a.) Of or pertaining to others; not one's own; not pertaining to one's self; not domestic.
So she, impatient her own faults to see, Turns from herself, and in strange things delights. -- Sir J Davies.
Strange (a.) Not before known, heard, or seen; new.
Here is the hand and seal of the duke; you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you. -- Shak.
Strange (a.) Not according to the common way; novel; odd; unusual; irregular; extraordinary; unnatural; queer. "He is sick of a strange fever." -- Shak.
Sated at length, erelong I might perceive Strange alteration in me. -- Milton.
Strange (a.) Reserved; distant in deportment. -- Shak.
She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee. -- Hawthorne.
Strange (a.) Backward; slow. [Obs.]
Who, loving the effect, would not be strange In favoring the cause. -- Beau. & Fl.
Strange (a.) Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
In thy fortunes am unlearned and strange. -- Shak.
Note: Strange is often used as an exclamation.
Strange! what extremes should thus preserve the snow High on the Alps, or in deep caves below. -- Waller.
{Strange sail} (Naut.), An unknown vessel.
{Strange woman} (Script.), a harlot. --Prov. v. 3.
{To make it strange} To assume ignorance, suspicion, or alarm, concerning it. -- Shak.
{To make it strange} To make it a matter of difficulty. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
{To make strange}, {To make one's self strange} To profess ignorance or astonishment.
{To make strange}, {To make one's self strange} To assume the character of a stranger. -- Gen. xlii. 7.
Syn: Foreign; new; outlandish; wonderful; astonishing; marvelous; unusual; odd; uncommon; irregular; queer eccentric.
Strange (adv.) 奇怪地；陌生地；外行地 Strangely. [Obs.]
Most strange, but yet most truly, will I speak. -- Shak.
Strange (v. t.) To alienate; to estrange. [Obs.]
Strange (v. i.) To be estranged or alienated. [Obs.]
Strange (v. i.) To wonder; to be astonished. [Obs.] -- Glanvill.
Strange (a.) Being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has" [syn: {strange}, {unusual}] [ant: {familiar}].
Strange (a.) Not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house" [syn: {strange}, {unknown}].
Strange (a.) Relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city" [syn: {foreign}, {strange}] [ant: {native}].
Strangely (adv.) 奇妙地；不可思議地；怪異地 As something foreign, or not one's own; in a manner adapted to something foreign and strange. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Strangely (adv.) In the manner of one who does not know another; distantly; reservedly; coldly.
You all look strangely on me. -- Shak.
I do in justice charge thee . . . That thou commend it strangely to some place Where chance may nurse or end it. -- Shak.
Strangely (adv.) In a strange manner; in a manner or degree to excite surprise or wonder; wonderfully.
How strangely active are the arts of peace! -- Dryden.
It would strangely delight you to see with what spirit he converses. -- Law.
Strangely (adv.) In a strange manner; "a queerly inscribed sheet of paper" [syn: {queerly}, {strangely}, {oddly}, {funnily}].
Strangeness (n.) [U] 奇異；不可思議；陌生 The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective).
Strangeness (n.) Unusualness as a consequence of not being well known [syn: {unfamiliarity}, {strangeness}] [ant: {familiarity}].
Strangeness (n.) (Physics) One of the six flavors of quark.
Strangeness (n.) The quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner" [syn: {foreignness}, {strangeness}, {curiousness}] [ant: {nativeness}].
Stranger (n.) One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. Specially:
Stranger (n.) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner.
I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions. -- Shak.
Stranger (n.) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country.
Stranger (n.) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance.
Melons on beds of ice are taught to bear, And strangers to the sun yet ripen here. -- Granville.
My child is yet a stranger in the world. -- Shak.
I was no stranger to the original. -- Dryden.
Stranger (n.) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
To honor and receive Our heavenly stranger. -- Milton.
Stranger (n.) (Law) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy.
Stranger (v. t.) To estrange; to alienate. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Stranger (n.) Anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found [syn: {stranger}, {alien}, {unknown}] [ant: {acquaintance}, {friend}].
Stranger (n.) An individual that one is not acquainted with [ant: {acquaintance}, {friend}].
Stranger (n.) This word generally denotes a person from a foreign land residing in Palestine. Such persons enjoyed many privileges in common with the Jews, but still were separate from them. The relation of the Jews to strangers was regulated by special laws (Deut. 23:3; 24:14-21; 25:5; 26:10-13). A special signification is also sometimes attached to this word. In Gen. 23:4 it denotes one resident in a foreign land; Ex. 23:9, one who is not a Jew; Num. 3:10, one who is not of the family of Aaron; Ps. 69:8, an alien or an unknown person. The Jews were allowed to purchase strangers as slaves (Lev. 25:44, 45), and to take usury from them (Deut. 23:20).
Stranger (n.) Persons, contracts. This word has several significations. 1. A person born out of the United States; but in this sense the term alien is more properly applied, until he becomes naturalized. 2. A person who is not privy to an act or contract; example, he who is a stranger to the issue, shall not take advantage of the verdict. Bro. Ab. Record, pl. 3; Vin. Ab. h.t. pl. 1 and vide Com. Dig. Abatement, H 54.
Stranger (n.) When a man undertakes to do a thing, and a stranger interrupts him, this is no excuse. Com. Dig. Condition, L 14. When a party undertakes that a stranger shall do a certain thing, he becomes liable as soon as the stranger refuses to perform it. Bac. Ab. Conditions, Q 4.
Strangled (imp. & p. p.) of Strangle
Strangling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strangle
Strangle (v. t.) 勒死，扼死，壓制，使窒息，抑制 To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.
Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. -- Ayliffe
Strangle (v. t.) To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? -- Shak.
Strangle (v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
"Strangle such thoughts." -- Shak.
Strangle (v. i.) 被扼死，被絞死，窒息而死 To be strangled, or suffocated.
Strangle (v.) Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn: {strangle}, {strangulate}, {throttle}].
Strangle (v.) Conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" [syn: {smother}, {stifle}, {strangle}, {muffle}, {repress}].
Strangle (v.) Die from strangulation.
Strangle (v.) Prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" [syn: {hamper}, {halter}, {cramp}, {strangle}].
Strangle (v.) Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn: {choke}, {strangle}].
Strangle (v.) Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: {gag}, {choke}, {strangle}, {suffocate}].
Strangleable (a.) Capable of being strangled. [R.] -- Chesterfield.
Strangler (n.) One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity." -- Shak.
Strangler (n.) An epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree [syn: strangler, strangler tree].
Strangler (n.) Someone who kills by strangling [syn: garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker].
Strangles (n.) A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.
Strangles (n.) An acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes [syn: equine distemper, strangles].
Strangulate (a.) (Bot.) Strangulated.
Strangulate (v.) kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn: strangle, strangulate, throttle].
Strangulate (v.) Constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air.
Strangulate (v.) Become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate".
Strangulated (a.) (Med.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia.
Strangulated (a.) (Bot.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.
Strangulated hernia. (Med.) See under Hernia.
Strangulation (n.) 勒殺，箝制，壓縮 The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.
Strangulation (n.) (Med.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia.
Strangulation (n.) The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe; "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused" [syn: {choking}, {strangling}, {strangulation}, {throttling}].
Strangulation (n.) The condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage.
Strangulation (n.) (Pathology) Constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; "strangulation of the intestine".
Strangurious (a.) (Med.) Of or pertaining to strangury. -- Cheyne.
Strangury (n.) (Med.) 【醫】痛性尿淋 A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction.
Strangury (n.) (Bot.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it.
Strany (n.) (Zool.) The guillemot. [Prov. Eng.]
Strap (n.) [C] 帶子；皮帶；布帶；金屬帶；（公共車輛上的）拉手吊帶 A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.
A lively cobbler that . . . had scarce passed a day without giving her [his wife] the discipline of the strap. -- Addison.
Strap (n.) Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap.
Strap (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop.
Strap (n.) A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. Specially:
Strap (n.) (Carp. & Mach.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine.
Strap (n.) (Naut.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything.
Strap (n.) (Bot.) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy.
Strap (n.) (Bot.) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses.
Strap (n.) A shoulder strap. See under {Shoulder}.
{Strap bolt} A bolt of which one end is a flat bar of considerable length.
{Strap head} (Mach.), A journal box, or pair of brasses, secured to the end of a connecting rod by a strap. See Illust. of {Gib and key}, under {Gib}.
{Strap hinge} A hinge with long flaps by which it is fastened, as to a door or wall.
{Strap rail} (Railroads), A flat rail formerly used.
Strapped (imp. & p. p.) of Strap.
Strapping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strap.
Strap (v. t.) 用帶捆綁（或束住）[O]；用皮條抽打 To beat or chastise with a strap.
Strap (v. t.) To fasten or bind with a strap. -- Cowper.
Strap (v. t.) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor.
Strap (n.) An elongated leather strip (or a strip of similar material) for binding things together or holding something in position.
Strap (n.) Hanger consisting of a loop of leather suspended from the ceiling of a bus or train; passengers hold onto it.
Strap (n.) A band that goes over the shoulder and supports a garment or bag [syn: {strap}, {shoulder strap}].
Strap (n.) Whip consisting of a strip of leather used in flogging.
Strap (v.) (v. i.) 被捆住；受束縛；精力旺盛地工作 Tie with a strap [ant: {unstrap}].
Strap (v.) Beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn: {flog}, {welt}, {whip}, {lather}, {lash}, {slash}, {strap}, {trounce}].
Strap (v.) Sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor".
Strap (v.) Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap.
Strappadoes (n. pl. ) of Strappado.
Strappado (n.) A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. -- Shak.
Strappado (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado. -- Milton.
Strappado (n.) A form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope [syn: strappado, strapado].
Strapper (n.) One who uses strap.
Strapper (n.) A person or thing of uncommon size. [Colloq.]
Strapper (n.) A large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got" [syn: bull, bruiser, strapper, Samson].
Strapping (a.) Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. [Colloq.]
There are five and thirty strapping officers gone. -- Farquhar.
Strapping (a.) Muscular and heavily built; "a beefy wrestler"; "had a tall burly frame"; "clothing sizes for husky boys"; "a strapping boy of eighteen"; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term" [syn: beefy, burly, husky, strapping, buirdly]
Strapple (v. t.) To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Strap-shaped (a.) Shaped like a strap; ligulate; as, a strap-shaped corolla.
Strapwork (n.) (Arch.) A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.
Strass (n.) (Chem.) A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass.
Strata (n.) pl. of Stratum.
Stratum (n.; pl. E. Stratums, L. Strata.) (Geol.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively.
Stratum (n.; pl. E. Stratums, L. Strata.) A bed or layer artificially made; a course.
Stratum (n.) One of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock).
Stratum (n.) People having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" [syn: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class].
Stratum (n.) An abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously" [syn: level, layer, stratum].
Stratagem (n.) An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination.
Fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils. -- Shak.
Those oft are stratagems which error seem, Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream. -- Pope.
Stratagem (n.) A maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: ploy, gambit, stratagem].
Stratagem (n.) An elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" [syn: contrivance, stratagem, dodge].
Stratagemical (a.) Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle. [R.] -- Swift.
Stratarithmetry (n.) (Mil.) The art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure. Strategetic
Strategetic (a.) Alt. of Strategetical.
Strategetical (a.) Strategic.
Strategetics (n.) Strategy. Strategic.
Strategic (a.) Alt. of Strategical.
Strategical (a.) 戰略的；戰略上的；（戰略上）重要的 Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. -- {Stra*te"gic*al*ly}, adv.
{Strategic line} (Mil.) A line joining strategic points.
{Strategic point} (Mil.) Any point or region in the theater or warlike operations which affords to its possessor an advantage over his opponent, as a mountain pass, a junction of rivers or roads, a fortress, etc.
Strategic (a.) Relating to or concerned with strategy; "strategic weapon"; "the islands are of strategic importance"; "strategic considerations" [syn: {strategic}, {strategical}].
Strategic (a.) Highly important to or an integral part of a strategy or plan of action especially in war; "a strategic chess move"; "strategic withdrawal"; "strategic bombing missions".
Strategics (n.) Strategy.
Strategics (n.) The science or art of strategy.
Strategist (n.) 戰略家；軍事家；策士 One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements.
Strategist (n.) An expert in strategy (especially in warfare) [syn: {strategist}, {strategian}].
Strategi (n. pl. ) of Strategus.
Strategus (n.) (Gr. Antiq.) (古希臘等的) 將軍 The leader or commander of an army; a general.
Strategy (n.) The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship.
Strategy (n.) The use of stratagem or artifice.
Strategy (n.) An elaborate and systematic plan of action [syn: scheme, strategy].
Strategy (n.) The branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war.
Strategy (n.) [ C or U ] (B2) 戰略；策略；計謀；行動計劃；策劃，部署 A detailed plan for achieving success in situations such as war, politics, business, industry, or sport, or the skill of planning for such situations.
// The president held an emergency meeting to discuss military strategy with the Pentagon yesterday.
// Their marketing strategy for the product involves obtaining as much free publicity as possible.
// [ + to infinitive ] We're working on new strategies to improve our share of the market.
Strath (n.) [Gael. srath.] 寬廣的（河）谷 A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore. [Scot.]
The long green strath of Napa valley. -- R. L. Stevenson.
Strathspey (n.)（蘇格蘭的）斯特拉斯貝舞；斯特拉斯貝舞曲（源自蘇格蘭斯特拉斯貝地區） A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune.
Straticulate (a.) (Min.) 薄層的；成薄層的；分層的 Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate.
Stratification (n.) 成層；階層的形成；【地】層理；地層 The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.