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.

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.

3. (v. t.) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.

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

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

6. (v. t.) To punish; to afflict; to smite.

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.

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.

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.

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.

11. (v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.

12. (v. t.) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.

13. (v. t.) To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.

14. (v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.

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.

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

17. (v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.

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

19. (v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.

20. (v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

21. (v. t.) To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.

22. (v. i.) To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.

23. (v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.

24. (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dash; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.

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

26. (v. i.) To make an attack; to aim a blow.

27. (v. i.) To touch; to act by a pulse.

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

29. (v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.

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

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

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

33. (v. i.) To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.

34. (v. i.) To steal money.

35. (n.) The act of striking.

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.

37. (n.) A bushel; four pecks.

38. (n.) An old measure of four bushels.

39. (n.) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.

40. (n.) An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.

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.

42. (n.) A puddler's stirrer.

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.

44. (n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.

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