| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| straik | noun | A strake. |
| strain | noun | Race; stock; generation; descent; family., Hereditary character, quality, or disposition., Rank; a sort., To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument., To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it., To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously., To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person., To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship., To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle., To squeeze; to press closely., To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain., To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation., To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth., To make violent efforts., To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil., The act of straining, or the state of being strained., A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship’s rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain., A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress., A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement., Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career., Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain. |
| strait | adjective | A variant of Straight., Narrow; not broad., Tight; close; closely fitting., Close; intimate; near; familiar., Strict; scrupulous; rigorous., Difficult; distressful; straited., Parsimonious; niggargly; mean., Strictly; rigorously., A narrow pass or passage., A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; — often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw., A neck of land; an isthmus., Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; — sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits., To put to difficulties. |
| strake | imp. of Strike., A streak., An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces., One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak., A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder. | |
| strale | noun | Pupil of the eye. |
| strand | noun | One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed., To break a strand of (a rope)., The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river., To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship., To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. |
| strang | adjective | Strong. |
| strany | noun | The guillemot. |
| strass | noun | 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 | noun | pl. of Stratum., of Stratum |
| strath | noun | 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. |
| strawy | adjective | Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. |
| streak | verb t. | To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body., A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein., A strake., The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character., The rung or round of a ladder., To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors., With it as an object: To run swiftly. |
| stream | noun | A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano., A beam or ray of light., Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand., A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather., Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners., To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes., To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams., To issue in a stream of light; to radiate., To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind., To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears., To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts., To unfurl. |
| streek | verb t. | To stretch; also, to lay out, as a dead body. See Streak. |
| streel | verb i. | To trail along; to saunter or be drawn along, carelessly, swaying in a kind of zigzag motion. |
| streen | noun | See Strene. |
| street | adjective | Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. |
| strein | verb t. | To strain. |
| streit | adjective | Drawn., Close; narrow; strict. |
| strene | noun | Race; offspring; stock; breed; strain. |
| stress | noun | Distress., Pressure, strain; — used chiefly of immaterial things; except in mechanics; hence, urgency; importance; weight; significance., The force, or combination of forces, which produces a strain; force exerted in any direction or manner between contiguous bodies, or parts of bodies, and taking specific names according to its direction, or mode of action, as thrust or pressure, pull or tension, shear or tangential stress., Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35., Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained., To press; to urge; to distress; to put to difficulties., To subject to stress, pressure, or strain. |
| strewn | past participle | of Strew, p. p. of Strew. |
| striae | plural | of Stria |
| strich | noun | An owl. |
| strick | noun | A bunch of hackled flax prepared for drawing into slivers. |
| strict | adjective | Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature., Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber., Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice; as, to keep strict watch; to pay strict attention., Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous; as, very strict in observing the Sabbath., Rigidly; interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted; as, to understand words in a strict sense., Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters. |
| strode | imp. | of Stride, See Strude., imp. of Stride. |
| stride | verb t. | To walk with long steps, especially in a measured or pompous manner., To stand with the legs wide apart; to straddle., To pass over at a step; to step over., To straddle; to bestride., The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride. |
| strife | noun | The act of striving; earnest endeavor., Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts., Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle., That which is contended against; occasion of contest. |
| struck | imp. | of Strike, of Strike, imp. & p. p. of Strike. |
| strike | verb t. | To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile., To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef., To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast., To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint., To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep., To punish; to afflict; to smite., To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march., To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch., To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror., To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind., To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light., To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match., To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain., To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money., To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top., To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle., To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail., To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars., To lade into a cooler, as a liquor., To stroke or pass lightly; to wave., To advance; to cause to go forward; — used only in past participle., To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields., To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows., To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock., To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes., To make an attack; to aim a blow., To touch; to act by appulse., To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night., To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate., To break forth; to commence suddenly; — with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run., To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy., To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages., To become attached to something; — said of the spat of oysters., To steal money., The act of striking., 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., A bushel; four pecks., An old measure of four bushels., Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality., An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence., The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer., A puddler’s stirrer., 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., The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing. |
| string | noun | 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., 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 strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together., 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., The line or cord of a bow., A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root., A nerve or tendon of an animal body., An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it., 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., A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein., Same as Stringcourse., The points made in a game., To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin., To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it., To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads., To make tense; to strengthen., To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9. |
| strung | imp. | of String, of String, imp. & p. p. of String. |
| stripe | noun | 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., A pattern produced by arranging the warp threads in sets of alternating colors, or in sets presenting some other contrast of appearance., A strip, or long, narrow piece attached to something of a different color; as, a red or blue stripe sewed upon a garment., A stroke or blow made with a whip, rod, scourge, or the like, such as usually leaves a mark., A long, narrow discoloration of the skin made by the blow of a lash, rod, or the like., Color indicating a party or faction; hence, distinguishing characteristic; sign; likeness; sort; as, persons of the same political stripe., The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer., To make stripes upon; to form with lines of different colors or textures; to variegate with stripes., To strike; to lash. |
| strove | imp. | of Strive, of Strive, imp. of Strive. |
| strive | verb i. | To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard., 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., To vie; to compete; to be a rival., An effort; a striving., Strife; contention. |
| stroam | verb i. | To wander about idly and vacantly., To take long strides in walking. |
| stroke | imp. | Struck., 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., The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness., The striking of the clock to tell the hour., A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking., A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke., Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay., 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., A throb or beat, as of the heart., 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., The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke., The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; — called also stroke oar., The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman., 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., 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., Power; influence., Appetite., To strike., To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe., To make smooth by rubbing., To give a finely fluted surface to., To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat. |
| stroll | verb i. | To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove., A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble. |
| stroma | noun | The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney., The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell., A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia. |
| stromb | noun | Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus. |
| strond | noun | Strand; beach. |
| strong | superl. | Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous., Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health., 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., Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea., Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants., Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong., 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., 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., Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory., 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., Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors., Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent., Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat., Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief., Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent., 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., Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful., Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market., 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., Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. |
| strook | imp. of Strike., A stroke. | |
| stroot | verb i. | To swell out; to strut. |
| stroud | noun | A kind of coarse blanket or garment used by the North American Indians. |
| strout | verb i. | To swell; to puff out; to project., To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut. |
| strown | past participle | of Strow, p. p. of Strow. |
| strowl | verb i. | To stroll. |
| strude | noun | A stock of breeding mares. |
| strull | noun | A bar so placed as to resist weight. |
| struma | noun | Scrofula., A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses. |
| strunt | noun | Spirituous liquor. |
| struse | noun | A Russian river craft used for transporting freight. |