Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 172
Strike (v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
That the English ships of war should not strike in the Danish seas. -- Bp. Burnet.
Strike (v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
Strike (v. i.) To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
Strike (v. i.) To steal money. [Old Slang, Eng.] -- Nares.
To strike at, To aim a blow at.
To strike for, To start suddenly on a course for.
To strike home, To give a blow which reaches its object, to strike with effect.
To strike in. (a) To enter suddenly.
To strike in. (b) To disappear from the surface, with internal effects, as an eruptive disease.
To strike in. (c) To come in suddenly; to interpose; to interrupt. "I proposed the embassy of Constantinople for Mr. Henshaw, but my Lord Winchelsea struck in." -- Evelyn.
To strike in. (d) To join in after another has begun,as in singing.
To strike in with, To conform to; to suit itself to; to side with, to join with at once. "To assert this is to strike in with the known enemies of God's grace." -- South.
To strike out. (a) To start; to wander; to make a sudden excursion; as, to strike out into an irregular course of life.
To strike out. (b) To strike with full force.
To strike out. (c) (Baseball) To be put out for not hitting the ball during one's turn at the bat.
To strike up, To commence to play as a musician; to begin to sound, as an instrument. "Whilst any trump did sound, or drum struck up." -- Shak.
Strike (n.) The act of striking.
Strike (n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
Strike (n.) A bushel; four pecks. [Prov. Eng.] -- Tusser.
Strike (n.) An old measure of four bushels. [Prov. Eng.]
Strike (n.) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
Three hogsheads of ale of the first strike. -- Sir W. Scott.
Strike (n.) An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. [Obs.]
Strike (n.) The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, usually organized by a labor union, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
Strikes are the insurrections of labor. -- F. A. Walker.
Strike (n.) (Iron Working) A puddler's stirrer.
Strike (n.) (Geol.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.
Strike (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
A sudden finding of rich ore in mining; hence, any sudden success or good fortune, esp. financial.
Strike (n.) (Bowling, U. S.) The act of leveling all the pins with the first bowl; also, the score thus made. Sometimes called double spare. Throwing a strike entitles the player to add to the score for that frame the total number of pins knocked down in the next two bowls.
Strike (n.) (Baseball) Any actual or constructive striking at the pitched ball, three of which, if the ball is not hit fairly, cause the batter to be put out; hence, any of various acts or events which are ruled as equivalent to such a striking, as failing to strike at a ball so pitched that the batter should have struck at it. "It's one, two, three strikes you're out in the old ball game." -- [Take me out to the ball game]
Strike (n.) (Tenpins) Same as Ten-strike.
Strike block (Carp.), A plane shorter than a jointer, used for fitting a short joint. -- Moxon.
Strike of flax, A handful that may be hackled at once. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] -- Chaucer.
Strike of sugar. (Sugar Making) (a) The act of emptying the teache, or last boiler, in which the cane juice is exposed to heat, into the coolers.
Strike of sugar. (Sugar Making) (b) The quantity of the sirup thus emptied at once.
Strike (n.) A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled" [syn: strike, work stoppage].
Strike (n.) An attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn."
Strike (n.) A gentle blow [syn: rap, strike, tap].
Strike (n.) A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame" [syn: strike, ten-strike].
Strike (n.) (Baseball) A pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls."
Strike (n.) A conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang" [syn: hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang].
Strike (v.) Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead."
Strike (v.) Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" [syn: affect, impress, move, strike].
Strike (v.) Hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with] [ant: miss].
Strike (v.) Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2" [syn: strike, hit].
Strike (v.) Indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck."
Strike (v.) Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at midnight" [syn: hit, strike].
Strike (v.) Stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met" [syn: strike, walk out].
Strike (v.) Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears" [syn: fall, shine, strike].
Strike (v.) Attain; "The horse finally struck a pace" [syn: come to, strike].
Strike (v.) Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments struck a sour note" [syn: strike, hit].
Strike (v.) Cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc."
Strike (v.) Find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" [syn: fall upon, strike, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover].
Strike (v.) Produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match."
Strike (v.) Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; "Please strike this remark from the record"; "scratch that remark" [syn: strike, scratch, expunge, excise].
Strike (v.) Cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck with fear" [syn: hit, strike, come to].
Strike (v.) Drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" [syn: hit, strike].
Strike (v.) Occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree"; "strike a pose" [syn: assume, take, strike, take up].
Strike (v.) Form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" [syn: mint, coin, strike].
Strike (v.) Smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure" [syn: strickle, strike].
Strike (v.) Pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats."
Strike (v.) Arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain."
Striker (n.) One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.
Striker (n.) A harpoon; also, a harpooner.
Striker (n.) A wencher; a lewd man.
Striker (n.) A workman who is on a strike.
Striker (n.) A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought.
Striking () a. & n. from Strike, v.
Striking (a.) Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance.
Strikle (n.) See Strickle.
String <programming> (Or "character string") A sequence of characters.
Most programming languages consider characters and strings (e.g. "124:shabooya:\n", "hello world") to be distinct from numbers, which are typically stored in fixed-length binary or floating-point representation.
A bit string is a sequence of bits. (2015-11-29)
String (n.) 線；細繩；帶子 [U] [C]；（附在衣服等上的）帶子，絲帶 [C]；（穿珠，錢等的）串線，串繩 [C] A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string. -- Shak.
Round Ormond's knee thou tiest the mystic string. -- Prior.
String (n.) A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments. "A string of islands." -- Gibbon.
String (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. -- Milton.
String (n.) The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme. "An instrument of ten strings." -- Ps. xxx. iii. 2.
Me softer airs befit, and softer strings Of lute, or viol still. -- Milton.
String (n.) The line or cord of a bow. -- Ps. xi. 2.
He twangs the grieving string. -- Pope.
String (n.) A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root.
Duckweed putteth forth a little string into the water, from the bottom. -- Bacon.
String (n.) A nerve or tendon of an animal body.
The string of his tongue was loosed. -- Mark vii. 35.
String (n.) (Shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
String (n.) (Bot.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans.
String (n.) (Mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. -- Ure.
String (n.) (Arch.) Same as {Stringcourse}.
String (n.) (Billiards) The points made in a game.
String (n.) In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire.
String (n.) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
String (n.) (Billiards & Pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; -- called also {string line}.
String (n.) (Billiards & Pool) Act of stringing for break.
String (n.) A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story. [Slang]
String (n.) A sequence of similar objects or events sufficiently close in time or space to be perceived as a group; a string of accidents; a string of restaurants on a highway.
String (n.) (Physics) A one-dimensional string-like mathematical object used as a means of representing the properties of fundamental particles in {string theory}, one theory of particle physics; such hypothetical objects are one-dimensional and very small (10^{-33} cm) but exist in more than four spatial dimensions, and have various modes of vibration. Considering particles as strings avoids some of the problems of treating particles as points, and allows a unified treatment of gravity along with the other three forces (electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force) in a manner consistent with quantum mechanics. See also {string theory}.
{String band} (Mus.), A band of musicians using only, or chiefly, stringed instruments.
{String beans} A dish prepared from the unripe pods of several kinds of beans; -- so called because the strings are stripped off.
{String beans} Any kind of beans in which the pods are used for cooking before the seeds are ripe; usually, the low bush bean.
{To have two strings to one's bow}, To have a means or expedient in reserve in case the one employed fails.
Strung (imp.) of String.
Strung (p. p.) of String.
Stringed () of String.
Stringing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of String.
String (v. t.) （用線，繩）縛，紮，掛；（用線）穿，串起；使排成一列；抽去（豆莢等的）筋 To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin.
Has not wise nature strung the legs and feet With firmest nerves, designed to walk the street? -- Gay.
String (v. t.) To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it.
For here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, That not a mountain rears its head unsung. -- Addison.
String (v. t.) To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads.
String (v. t.) To make tense; to strengthen.
Toil strung the nerves, and purified the blood. -- Dryden.
String (v. t.) To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See {String}, n., 9.
String (v. t.) To hoax; josh; jolly; often used with along; as, we strung him along all day until he realized we were kidding. [Slang]
String (v. i.) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
String (n.) A lightweight cord [syn: {string}, {twine}].
String (n.) Stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well" [syn: {bowed stringed instrument}, {string}].
String (n.) A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed.
String (n.) A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought" [syn: {string}, {train}].
String (n.) A linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases).
String (n.) A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening; "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag" [syn: {drawstring}, {drawing string}, {string}].
String (n.) A tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod).
String (n.) (Cosmology) A hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop [syn: {string}, {cosmic string}]
String (n.) A collection of objects threaded on a single strand.
String (n.) A necklace made by a stringing objects together; "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls"; [syn: {chain}, {string}, {strand}].
String (v.) Thread on or as if on a string; "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries" [syn: {string}, {thread}, {draw}].
String (v.) Add as if on a string; "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical" [syn: {string}, {string up}].
String (v.) Move or come along [syn: {string}, {string along}].
String (v.) Stretch out or arrange like a string.
String (v.) String together; tie or fasten with a string; "string the package".
String (v.) Rremove the stringy parts of; "string beans".
String (v.) Provide with strings; "string my guitar" [ant: {unstring}].
Stringboard (n.) Same as Stringpiece.
Stringcourse (n.) 線腳層；建築物表面凸出之水平帶狀裝飾 A horizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work.
Stringed (a.) Having strings; as, a stringed instrument.
Stringed (a.) Produced by strings.
Stringency (n.) The quality or state of being stringent.
Stringendo (a.) Urging or hastening the time, as to a climax.
Stringent (a.) Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules.
Stringer (n.) One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
Stringer (n.) A libertine; a wencher.
Stringer (n.) A longitudinal sleeper.
Stringer (n.) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
Stringer (n.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.
Stringhalt (n.) An habitual sudden twitching of the hinder leg of a horse, or an involuntary or convulsive contraction of the muscles that raise the hock.
Stringiness (n.) Quality of being stringy.
Stringless (a.) Having no strings.
Stringpiece (n.) A long piece of timber, forming a margin or edge of any piece of construction; esp.:
Stringpiece (n.) One of the longitudinal pieces, supporting the treads and rises of a flight or run of stairs.
Stringy (a.) Consisting of strings, or small threads; fibrous; filamentous; as, a stringy root.
Stringy (a.) Capable of being drawn into a string, as a glutinous substance; ropy; viscid; gluely.
Stripped (imp. & p. p.) of Strip.
Stripping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strip.
Strip (v. t.) To deprive; to bereave; to make destitute; to plunder; especially, to deprive of a covering; to skin; to peel; as, to strip a man of his possession, his rights, his privileges, his reputation; to strip one of his clothes; to strip a beast of his skin; to strip a tree of its bark.
Strip (v. t.) To divest of clothing; to uncover.
Strip (v. t.) To dismantle; as, to strip a ship of rigging, spars, etc.
Strip (v. t.) To pare off the surface of, as land, in strips.
Strip (v. t.) To deprive of all milk; to milk dry; to draw the last milk from; hence, to milk with a peculiar movement of the hand on the teats at the last of a milking; as, to strip a cow.
Strip (v. t.) To pass; to get clear of; to outstrip.
Strip (v. t.) To pull or tear off, as a covering; to remove; to wrest away; as, to strip the skin from a beast; to strip the bark from a tree; to strip the clothes from a man's back; to strip away all disguisses.
Strip (v. t.) To tear off (the thread) from a bolt or nut; as, the thread is stripped.
Strip (v. t.) To tear off the thread from (a bolt or nut); as, the bolt is stripped.
Strip (v. t.) To remove the metal coating from (a plated article), as by acids or electrolytic action.
Strip (v. t.) To remove fiber, flock, or lint from; -- said of the teeth of a card when it becomes partly clogged.
Strip (v. t.) To pick the cured leaves from the stalks of (tobacco) and tie them into "hands"; to remove the midrib from (tobacco leaves).
Strip (v. i.) To take off, or become divested of, clothes or covering; to undress.
Strip (v. i.) To fail in the thread; to lose the thread, as a bolt, screw, or nut. See Strip, v. t., 8.
Strip (n.) A narrow piece, or one comparatively long; as, a strip of cloth; a strip of land.
Strip (n.) A trough for washing ore.
Strip (n.) The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion.
Strip club (n.) [ C ] (Informal Strip joint) 脫衣舞夜總會，脫衣舞酒吧 A bar where the main entertainment is performers removing their clothes while dancing to music.
// The city is notorious for its red-light district and strip clubs.
// She works in a strip joint before she became a model.
Stripe (n.) A line, or long, narrow division of anything of a different color or structure from the ground; hence, any linear variation of color or structure; as, a stripe, or streak, of red on a green ground; a raised stripe.
Stripe (n.) A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance.
Stripe (n.) A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment.
Stripe (n.) A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark.
Stripe (n.) A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like.
Stripe (n.) Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe.
Stripe (n.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
Striped (imp. & p. p.) of Stripe.
Striping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stripe.
Stripe (v. t.) To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes.
Stripe (v. t.) To strike; to lash.
Striped (a.) Having stripes of different colors; streaked.
Strip-leaf (n.) Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.
Stripling (n.) A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad.
Stripper (n.) One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.
Strippet (n.) A small stream.
Stripping (n.) The act of one who strips.
Stripping (n.) The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking.
Strisores (n. pl.) A division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group.