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| stricken | |
| 1. adj. Disabled or incapacitated by something. |  |
| 2. adj. Removed or rubbed out. | |
| 3. adj. (warships) Having its name removed from a country's naval register, e.g. the United States Naval Vessel Register. | |
| strike | |
| 1. v. (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate. | |
| Please strike the last sentence. | |
| 2. v. (physical) To have a sharp or sudden effect. | |
| 3. v. To hit. | |
| Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef. | |
| 4. v. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows. | |
| A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock. | |
| 6. v. To manufacture, as by stamping. | |
| We will strike a medal in your honour. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive, dated) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground. | |
| The ship struck in the night. | |
| 8. v. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by | |
| The clock struck twelve. The drums strike up a march. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows. | |
| 10. v. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke. | |
| to strike a light | |
| 11. v. To cause to ignite by friction. | |
| to strike a match | |
| 12. v. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate. | |
| A tree strikes its roots deep. | |
| 13. v. (personal, social) To have a sharp or severe effect. | |
| 14. v. To punish; to afflict; to smite. | |
| 15. v. (intransitive) To carry out a violent or illegal action. | |
| 16. v. (intransitive) To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way. | |
| The bank robber struck on the 2nd and 5th of May. | |
| 17. v. (transitive, figurative) To impinge upon. | |
| The first thing to strike my eye was a beautiful pagoda. Tragedy struck when his brother was killed in a bush fire. | |
| 18. v. (intransitive) To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions. | |
| 19. v. To impress, seem or appear (to). | |
| Golf has always struck me as a waste of time. | |
| 20. v. To create an impression. | |
| The news struck a sombre chord. | |
| 21. v. (sports) To score a goal. | |
| 22. v. (intransitive, UK, obsolete, slang) To steal money. | |
| 23. v. (transitive, UK, obsolete, slang) To take forcibly or fraudulently. | |
| to strike money | |
| 24. v. To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion. | |
| to strike the mind with surprise; to strike somebody with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror | |
| 25. v. To affect by a sudden impression or impulse. | |
| The proposed plan strikes me favourably. May the Lord strike down those sinners! I was struck dumb with astonishment. | |
| 26. v. (slang) To borrow money from; to make a demand upon. | |
| He struck a friend for five dollars. | |
| 27. v. To touch; to act by appulse. | |
| 28. v. To take down, especially in the following contexts. | |
| 29. v. (nautical) To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.) | |
| 30. v. (by extension) To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours. | |
| The frigate has struck, sir! We've beaten them, the lily-livers! | |
| 31. v. To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.). | |
| 32. v. (intransitive) To set off on a walk or trip. | |
| They struck off along the river. | |
| 33. v. (intransitive) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate. | |
| 34. v. (dated) To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into. | |
| to strike into reputation; to strike into a run | |
| 35. v. (intransitive) To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters. | |
| 36. v. To make and ratify. | |
| to strike a bargain | |
| 37. v. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top. | |
| 38. v. (masonry) To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. | |
| 39. v. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly. | |
| My eye struck a strange word in the text. They soon struck the trail. | |
| 40. v. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. | |
| 41. v. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. | |
| 42. v. To balance (a ledger or account). | |
| 43. n. (baseball) A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught. | |
| 44. n. (bowling) The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame. | |
| 45. n. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest. | |
| 46. n. A blow or application of physical force against something. | |
| Thus hand strikes now include single knuckle strikes, knife hand strikes, finger strikes, ridge hand strikes etc., and leg strikes include front kicks, knee strikes, axe kicks, ... | |
| 47. n. (finance) In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option. | |
| 48. n. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel. | |
| 49. n. (cricket) The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at. | |
| * The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike. | |
| 50. n. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen. | |
| 51. n. (geology) The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth. | |
| 52. n. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle. | |
| 53. n. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality. | |
| 54. n. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. | |
| 55. n. (ironworking) A puddler's stirrer. | |
| 56. n. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail. | |
| 57. n. The discovery of a source of something. | |
| 58. n. A strike plate. | |
