strike

1. v. 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. Source: opted

2. v. t. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef. Source: opted

3. v. t. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. Source: opted

4. v. t. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint. Source: opted

5. v. t. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep. Source: opted

6. v. t. To punish; to afflict; to smite. Source: opted

7. v. t. 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. Source: opted

8. v. t. 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. Source: opted

9. v. t. 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. Source: opted

10. v. t. 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. Source: opted

11. v. t. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light. Source: opted

12. v. t. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match. Source: opted

13. v. t. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain. Source: opted

14. v. t. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. Source: opted

15. v. t. 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. Source: opted

16. v. t. To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. Source: opted

17. v. t. To hit word/upon">upon, or word/light">light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail. Source: opted

18. v. t. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars. Source: opted

19. v. t. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. Source: opted

20. v. t. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. Source: opted

21. v. t. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle. Source: opted

22. v. i. To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields. Source: opted

23. v. i. To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows. Source: opted

24. v. i. To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock. Source: opted

25. v. i. To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes. Source: opted

26. v. i. To make an attack; to aim a blow. Source: opted

27. v. i. To touch; to act by appulse. Source: opted

28. v. i. To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night. Source: opted

29. v. i. To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate. Source: opted

30. v. i. To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run. Source: opted

31. v. i. To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy. Source: opted

32. v. i. To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages. Source: opted

33. v. i. To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters. Source: opted

34. v. i. To steal money. Source: opted

35. n. The act of striking. Source: opted

36. 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. Source: opted

37. n. A bushel; four pecks. Source: opted

38. n. An old measure of four bushels. Source: opted

39. n. Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality. Source: opted

40. n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. Source: opted

41. n. 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. Source: opted

42. n. A puddler's stirrer. Source: opted

43. n. 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. Source: opted

44. n. The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing. Source: opted

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