v. t. | 1. | 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. |
| 2. | To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef. |
| 3. | To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. |
| 4. | To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint. |
| 5. | To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep. |
| 6. | To punish; to afflict; to smite. |
| 7. | 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. |
| 8. | 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. |
| 9. | 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. |
| 10. | 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. |
| 11. | To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light. |
| 12. | To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match. |
| 13. | To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain. |
| 14. | To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. |
| 15. | 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. |
| 16. | (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. |
| 17. | To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail. |
| 18. | To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars. |
| 19. | To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. |
| 20. | To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. |
| 21. | To advance; to cause to go forward; - used only in past participle. |
v. i. | 1. | To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields. |
| 2. | To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows. |
| 3. | To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock. |
| 4. | To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes. |
| 5. | To make an attack; to aim a blow. |
| 6. | To touch; to act by appulse. |
| 7. | To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night. |
| 8. | To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate. |
| 9. | To break forth; to commence suddenly; - with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run. |
| 10. | To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy. |
| 11. | To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages. |
| 12. | To become attached to something; - said of the spat of oysters. |
| 13. | To steal money. |
n. | 1. | The act of striking. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | A bushel; four pecks. |
| 4. | An old measure of four bushels. |
| 5. | Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality. |
| 6. | An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. |
| 7. | 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. |
| 8. | (Iron Working) A puddler's stirrer. |
| 9. | (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. |
| 10. | The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing. |
| 11. | A sudden finding of rich ore in mining; hence, any sudden success or good fortune, esp. financial. |
| 12. | (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. |
| 13. | (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. |
| 14. | (Tenpins) Same as Ten-strike. |
Noun | 1. | strike - 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" |
| 2. | strike - an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn" |
| 3. | strike - a pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" |
| 4. | strike - a gentle blow |
| 5. | strike - a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame" |
| 6. | strike - 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" |
Verb | 1. | strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
| 2. | strike - 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" |
| 3. | strike - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd" |
| 4. | strike - 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" |
| 5. | strike - indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck" |
| 6. | strike - 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" |
| 7. | strike - 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" |
| 8. | strike - 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" |
| 9. | strike - attain; "The horse finally struck a pace" |
| 10. | strike - 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" |
| 11. | strike - cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc" |
| 12. | strike - find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake" |
| 13. | strike - produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the flintstone"; "strike a match" |
| 14. | strike - remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this remark from the record" |
| 15. | strike - 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" |
| 16. | strike - drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling" |
| 17. | strike - 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" |
| 18. | strike - form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" |
| 19. | strike - smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure" |
| 20. | strike - pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy wind struck through our coats" |
| 21. | strike - arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain" |