Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter S - Page 173

Strove (imp.) of Strive.

Striven (p. p.) of Strive.

Strove () of Strive.

Striving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strive.

Strive (v. i.) To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.

Was for this his ambition strove To equal Caesar first, and after, Jove? -- Cowley.

Strive (v. i.) To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth. -- Chaucer.

My Spirit shall not always strive with man. -- Gen. vi. 3.

Why dost thou strive against him? -- Job xxxiii. 13.

Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate. -- Denham.

Strive (v. i.) To vie; to compete; to be a rival. -- Chaucer.

[Not] that sweet grove Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired Castalian spring, might with this paradise Of Eden strive. -- Milton.

Syn: To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim.

Strive (n.) An effort; a striving. [R.] -- Chapman.

Strive (n.) Strife; contention. [Obs.] -- Wyclif (luke xxi. 9).

Strive (v.) Attempt by employing effort; "we endeavor to make our customers happy" [syn: endeavor, endeavour, strive].

Strive (v.) To exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear" [syn: strive, reach, strain].

Strived (p. p.) Striven.

Striven () p. p. of Strive.

Striver (n.) One who strives.

Striver (n.) Someone who works as hard as a slave [syn: slave, striver, hard worker].

Striving () a. & n. from Strive.

Striving (n.) An effortful attempt to attain a goal [syn: striving, nisus, pains, strain].

Strix (n.) (Arch.) One of the flutings of a column.

Strix (n.) Owls lacking ear tufts [syn: Strix, genus Strix].

Stroam (v. i.) To wander about idly and vacantly. [Obs.]

Stroam (v. i.) To take long strides in walking. [Prov. Eng.]

Strobe (n.) 頻閃觀測器；閃光燈 Scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary [syn: stroboscope, strobe, strobe light].

Strobilae (n. pl. ) of Strobila

Strobila (n.) (Zool.) A form of the larva of certain Discophora in a state of development succeeding the scyphistoma. The body of the strobila becomes elongated, and subdivides transversely into a series of lobate segments which eventually become ephyrae, or young medusae.

Strobila (n.) (Zool.) A mature tapeworm.

Strobilaceous (a.) (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a strobile or cone.

Strobilaceous (a.) (Bot.) Producing strobiles.

Strobilation (n.) (Zool.) The act or phenomenon of spontaneously dividing transversely, as do certain species of annelids and helminths; transverse fission. See Illust. under Syllidian.

Strobile (n.) (Bot.) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3.

Strobile (n.) (Biol.) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.

Strobile (n.) (Zool.) Same as Strobila.

Strobile (n.) Cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts [syn: cone, strobilus, strobile].

Strobiliform (a.) Shaped like a strobile.

Strobiline (a.) Of or pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform; as, strobiline fruits.

Stroboscope (n.) 頻閃觀測器（觀察急速旋轉或振動物體的裝置）；頻閃儀 An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.

Stroboscope (n.) An optical toy similar to the phenakistoscope. See Phenakistoscope.

Stroboscope (n.) Scientific instrument that provides a flashing light synchronized with the periodic movement of an object; can make moving object appear stationary [syn: stroboscope, strobe, strobe light].

Strockle (n.) (Glass Manuf.) A shovel with a turned-up edge, for frit, sand, etc. [Written also strocal, strocle, strokal.]

Stride (v. t.) [imp. Strode (Obs. Strid); p. p. Stridden(Obs. Strid); p. pr. & vb. n. Striding.] To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner.

Mars in the middle of the shining shield Is graved, and strides along the liquid field. -- Dryden.

Stride (v. t.) To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle.

Stride (n.) A step in walking or running [syn: pace, stride, tread].

Stride (n.) The distance covered by a step; "he stepped off ten paces from the old tree and began to dig" [syn: footstep, pace, step, stride].

Stride (n.) Significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity."

Stride (v.) Walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the Hall."

Stride (v.) Cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods."

Strode (n.) See Strude. [Obs.]

Strode () imp. of Stride.

Strude (n.) A stock of breeding mares. [Written also strode.] [Obs.] -- Bailey.

Stroke (imp.) obs. imp. of Strike. Struck.

Stroke (n.) The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon.

His hand fetcheth a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree. -- Deut. xix. 5.

A fool's lips enter into contention and his mouth calleth for strokes. -- Prov. xviii. 6.

He entered and won the whole kingdom of Naples without striking a stroke. -- Bacon.

Stroke (n.) The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.

In the day that Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. -- Isa. xxx. 26.

Stroke (n.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.

Well, but what's o'clock? - Upon the stroke of ten. -- Well, let is strike. -- Shak.

Stroke (n.) A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking. -- Dryden.

Stroke (n.) A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.

O, lasting as those colors may they shine, Free as thy stroke, yet faultless as thy line. -- Pope.

Stroke (n.) Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay. --Addison.

Stroke (n.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.

At this one stroke the man looked dead in law. -- Harte.

Stroke (n.) A throb or beat, as of the heart. -- Tennyson.

Stroke (n.) One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc. ; also: (Rowing)

Stroke (n.) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.

Stroke (n.) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.

Stroke (n.) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.

Stroke (n.) A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.

Stroke (n.) (Mach.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.

Note: The respective strokes are distinguished as up and down strokes, outward and inward strokes, forward and back strokes, the forward stroke in stationary steam engines being toward the crosshead, but in locomotives toward the front of the vehicle.

Stroke (n.) Power; influence. [Obs.] "Where money beareth [hath] all the stroke." -- Robynson (More's Utopia).

He has a great stroke with the reader. -- Dryden.

Stroke (n.) Appetite. [Obs.] -- Swift.

To keep stroke, to make strokes in unison.

The oars where silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke. -- Shak.

Strokeed (imp. & p. p.) of Stroke.

Strokeing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stroke.

Stroke (v. t.) To strike. [Obs.]

Ye mote with the plat sword again Stroken him in the wound, and it will close. -- Chaucer.

Stroke (v. t.) To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe.

He dried the falling drops, and, yet more kind, He stroked her cheeks. -- Dryden.

Stroke (v. t.) To make smooth by rubbing. -- Longfellow.

Stroke (v. t.) (Masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to.

Stroke (v. t.) To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.

Stroke (n.) (Sports) The act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" [syn: stroke, shot].

Stroke (n.) The maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam [syn: throw, stroke, cam stroke].

Stroke (n.) A sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain [syn: stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA].

Stroke (n.) A light touch.

Stroke (n.) A light touch with the hands [syn: stroke, stroking].

Stroke (n.) (Golf) The unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club; "Nicklaus won by three strokes".

Stroke (n.) The oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew.

Stroke (n.) Anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" [syn: accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event].

Stroke (n.) A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information [syn: solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix].

Stroke (n.) A mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush; "she applied the paint in careful strokes."

Stroke (n.) Any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing.

Stroke (n.) A single complete movement.

Stroke (v.) Touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard."

Stroke (v.) Strike a ball with a smooth blow.

Stroke (v.) Row at a particular rate.

Stroke (v.) Treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss."

Stroke (n.) Common name for the slant (?/?, ASCII 0101111) character. See ASCII for other synonyms.

Stroke, () The oblique stroke character, "/", ASCII 47.

See ASCII for other synonyms. [{Jargon File]

Stroker (n.) One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking.

Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker. -- Bp.  Warburton.

Strokesman (n. pl. ) of Strokesman.

Strokesman (n.) (Rowing) The man who rows the aftermost oar, and whose stroke is to be followed by the rest. -- Totten.

Stroking (n.) The act of rubbing gently with the hand, or of smoothing; a stroke.

I doubt not with one gentle stroking to wipe away ten thousand tears. -- Milton.

Stroking (n.) (Needlework) The act of laying small gathers in cloth in regular order.

Stroking (n.) pl. See Stripping, 2. -- Smollett.

Stroking (n.) A light touch with the hands [syn: stroke, stroking].

Strolled (imp. & p. p.) of Stroll.

Strolling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stroll.

Stroll (v. i.) To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.

These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants. -- Swift.

Syn: To rove; roam; range; stray.

Stroll (n.) A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.

Stroll (n.) A leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation].

Stroll (v.) Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim [syn: stroll, saunter].

Stroller (n.) One who strolls; a vagrant.

Stroller (n.) Someone who walks at a leisurely pace [syn: saunterer, stroller, ambler].

Stroller (n.) A small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher].

Stromata (n. pl. ) of Stroma.

Stroma (n.) (Anat.) 【解】基質（包括結締組織，神經組織和血管）；【植】子座 The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.

Stroma (n.) (Anat.) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell.

Stroma (n.) (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.

Stroma (n.) A mass of fungal tissue that has spore-bearing structures mbedded in it or on it.

Stroma (n.) The dense colorless framework of a chloroplast.

Stroma (n.) The supporting tissue of an organ (as opposed to parenchyma).

Stromatic (a.) Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.

Stromatology (n.) (Geol.) The history of the formation of stratified rocks.

Stromb (n.) (Zool.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus.

Strombite (n.) (Paleon.) A fossil shell of the genus Strombus.

Stromboid (a.) (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Strombus.

Strombuliform (a.) (Geol.) Formed or shaped like a top.

Strombuliform (a.) (Bot.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.

Strombus (n.) (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch.

Strombus (n.) Type genus of the family Strombidae [syn: Strombus, genus Strombus].

Stromeyerite (n.) (Min.) A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.

Strond (n.) Strand; beach. [Obs.] -- Shak.

Strong (a.) Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.

That our oxen may be strong to labor. -- Ps. cxliv. 14.

Orses the strong to greater strength must yield. -- Dryden.

Strong (a.) Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.

Strong (a.) Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.

Strong (a.) Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.

Strong (a.) Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.

Strong (a.) Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.

Strong (a.) Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.

Strong (a.) Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.

Strong (a.) Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.

Her mother, ever strong against that match. -- Shak.

Strong (a.) Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.

Strong (a.) Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.

Strong (a.) Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.

Strong (a.) Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. -- Heb. v. 12.

Strong (a.) Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.

Strong (a.) Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.

He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears. -- Heb. v. 7. 

Strong (a.) Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.

I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism. -- Dryden. 

Strong (a.) Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.

Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. -- E. Smith. 

Strong (a.) (Stock Exchange) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.

Strong (a.) (Gram.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak.

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