| • | 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. |
