| slovo | definícia |
struck
(mass) | struck
- strike/struck/struck |
struck
(encz) | struck,strike/struck/struck v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
struck
(encz) | struck,udeřen n: Zdeněk Brož |
struck
(encz) | struck,udeřený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
struck
(encz) | struck,udeřil v: Zdeněk Brož |
struck
(encz) | struck,uhodil v: Zdeněk Brož |
struck
(encz) | struck,uhozen n: Zdeněk Brož |
struck
(encz) | struck,uhozený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
struck
(encz) | struck,zasažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Struck
(gcide) | Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. Struck; p. p. Struck,
Stricken(Stroock, Strucken, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Striking. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than
stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.
str[imac]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,
stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG.
str[imac]hhan, L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to
strip off (but perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw
tight), striga a row, a furrow. Cf. Streak, Stroke.]
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.
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He at Philippi kept
His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck
The lean and wrinkled Cassius. --Shak.
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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.
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3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a
force to; to dash; to cast.
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They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
two sideposts. --Ex. xii. 7.
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Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.
--Byron.
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4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike
coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
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5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in
the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
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6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
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To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes
for equity. --Prov. xvii.
26.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the
first view. --Atterbury.
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They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.
--Pope.
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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.
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How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!
--Landor.
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11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a
stroke; as, to strike a light.
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Waving wide her myrtle wand,
She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.
--Milton.
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12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
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13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
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Note: Probably borrowed from the L. foedus ferrire, to strike
a compact, so called because an animal was struck and
killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.
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14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
[Old Slang]
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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.
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16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the
face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
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17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a
strange word; they soon struck the trail.
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18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck
a friend for five dollars. [Slang]
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19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.
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20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
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Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand
over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.
11.
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21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past
participle. "Well struck in years." --Shak.
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To strike an attitude, To strike a balance. See under
Attitude, and Balance.
To strike a jury (Law), to constitute a special jury
ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain
number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to
reduce it to the number of persons required by law.
--Burrill.
To strike a lead.
(a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.
(b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]
To strike a ledger or To strike an account, to balance
it.
To strike hands with.
(a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.
(b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.
To strike off.
(a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike
off the interest of a debt.
(b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a
thousand copies of a book.
(c) To separate by a blow or any sudden action; as, to
strike off what is superfluous or corrupt.
To strike oil, to find petroleum when boring for it;
figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially. [Slang,
U.S.]
To strike one luck, to shake hands with one and wish good
luck. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
To strike out.
(a) To produce by collision; to force out, as, to strike
out sparks with steel.
(b) To blot out; to efface; to erase. "To methodize is as
necessary as to strike out." --Pope.
(c) To form by a quick effort; to devise; to invent; to
contrive, as, to strike out a new plan of finance.
(d) (Baseball) To cause a player to strike out; -- said
of the pitcher. See To strike out, under Strike,
v. i.
To strike sail. See under Sail.
To strike up.
(a) To cause to sound; to begin to beat. "Strike up the
drums." --Shak.
(b) To begin to sing or play; as, to strike up a tune.
(c) To raise (as sheet metal), in making diahes, pans,
etc., by blows or pressure in a die.
To strike work, to quit work; to go on a strike.
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Struck
(gcide) | Struck \Struck\,
imp. & p. p. of Strike.
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Struck jury (Law), a special jury, composed of persons
having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by
striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for
each party, leaving the number required by law to try the
cause.
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struck
(wn) | struck
adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming;
"conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten,
stricken, struck] |
STRUCK
(bouvier) | STRUCK, pleadings. In an indictment for murder, when the death arises from
any wounding, beating or bruising, it is said, that the word "struck" is
essential. 1 Bulst. 184; 5 Co. 122; 3 Mod. 202; Cro. Jac. 655; Palm. 282; 2
Hale, 184, 6, 7: Hawk. B. 2, c. 23, s. 82; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *243 6 Binn. R.
179.
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struck
(mass) | struck
- strike/struck/struck |
strike/struck/struck
(msas) | strike/struck/struck
- strike, struck |
strike/struck/struck
(msasasci) | strike/struck/struck
- strike, struck |
awestruck
(encz) | awestruck,ohromený adj: Zdeněk Brožawestruck,omráčený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
dumbstruck
(encz) | dumbstruck,ohromený Jaroslav Šedivý |
horror-struck
(encz) | horror-struck,zděšený hrůzou Zdeněk Brož |
lovestruck
(encz) | lovestruck, |
moonstruck
(encz) | moonstruck,bláznivý adj: Zdeněk Brožmoonstruck,poblázněný adj: Zdeněk Brožmoonstruck,pomatený adj: Zdeněk Brožmoonstruck,praštěný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
panic-struck
(encz) | panic-struck,propadnuvší panice adj: mikosoft |
stage-struck
(encz) | stage-struck, |
stagestruck
(encz) | stagestruck, |
star-struck
(encz) | star-struck, |
starstruck
(encz) | starstruck,ohromený hvězdami Zdeněk Brož |
struck
(encz) | struck,strike/struck/struck v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladstruck,udeřen n: Zdeněk Brožstruck,udeřený adj: Zdeněk Brožstruck,udeřil v: Zdeněk Brožstruck,uhodil v: Zdeněk Brožstruck,uhozen n: Zdeněk Brožstruck,uhozený adj: Zdeněk Brožstruck,zasažený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
sunstruck
(encz) | sunstruck, adj: |
terror-struck
(encz) | terror-struck, adj: |
thunderstruck
(encz) | thunderstruck,ohromen n: Zdeněk Brožthunderstruck,ohromený adj: Zdeněk Brožthunderstruck,užaslý adj: [přen.] PetrVthunderstruck,zaražený adj: Zdeněk Brožthunderstruck,zasažený bleskem adj: PetrV |
wonder-struck
(encz) | wonder-struck, adj: |
strike/struck/struck
(czen) | strike/struck/struck,strikev: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladstrike/struck/struck,struckv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
Awe-struck
(gcide) | Awe-struck \Awe"-struck`\, a.
Struck with awe. --Milton.
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Heartstruck
(gcide) | Heartstruck \Heart"struck`\ (h[aum]rt"str[u^]k`), a.
1. Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. "His heartstruck
injuries." --Shak.
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2. Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed;
heartstricken. --Milton.
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Horror-struck
(gcide) | Horror-struck \Hor"ror-struck`\, a.
Horror-stricken; horrified. --M. Arnold.
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Light-struck
(gcide) | Light-struck \Light"-struck`\, a. (Photog.)
Damaged by accidental exposure to light; light-fogged; --
said of plates or films.
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Moonstruck
(gcide) | Moonstruck \Moon"struck`\ (m[=oo]n"str[u^]k`), a.
1. Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of
the moon; lunatic.
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2. Produced by the supposed influence of the moon.
"Moonstruck madness." --Milton.
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3. Made sick by the supposed influence of the moon, as a
human being; made unsuitable for food, as fishes, by such
supposed influence.
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Panic-struck
(gcide) | Panic-stricken \Pan"ic-strick`en\, Panic-struck
\Pan"ic-struck`\, a.
Struck with a panic, or sudden fear; thrown into a state of
intense fear; as, trying to keep back the panic-stricken
crowd. --Burke.
Syn: panicky, petrified, terrified, frightened.
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Planet-struck
(gcide) | Planet-stricken \Plan"et-strick`en\, Planet-struck
\Plan"et-struck`\, a.
Affected by the influence of planets; blasted. --Milton.
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Like planet-stricken men of yore
He trembles, smitten to the core
By strong compunction and remorse. --Wordsworth.
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Stage-struck
(gcide) | Stage-struck \Stage"-struck`\ (st[=a]j"str[u^]k`), a.
Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to
become an actor.
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Struck
(gcide) | Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. Struck; p. p. Struck,
Stricken(Stroock, Strucken, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Striking. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than
stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.
str[imac]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,
stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG.
str[imac]hhan, L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to
strip off (but perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw
tight), striga a row, a furrow. Cf. Streak, Stroke.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
He at Philippi kept
His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck
The lean and wrinkled Cassius. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a
force to; to dash; to cast.
[1913 Webster]
They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
two sideposts. --Ex. xii. 7.
[1913 Webster]
Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.
--Byron.
[1913 Webster]
4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike
coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
[1913 Webster]
5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in
the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
[1913 Webster]
6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
[1913 Webster]
To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes
for equity. --Prov. xvii.
26.
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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.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the
first view. --Atterbury.
[1913 Webster]
They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!
--Landor.
[1913 Webster]
11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a
stroke; as, to strike a light.
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Waving wide her myrtle wand,
She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.
--Milton.
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12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
[1913 Webster]
13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Probably borrowed from the L. foedus ferrire, to strike
a compact, so called because an animal was struck and
killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.
[1913 Webster]
14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
[Old Slang]
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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.
[1913 Webster]
16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the
face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
[1913 Webster]
17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a
strange word; they soon struck the trail.
[1913 Webster]
18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck
a friend for five dollars. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.
[1913 Webster]
20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
[1913 Webster]
Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand
over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.
11.
[1913 Webster]
21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past
participle. "Well struck in years." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
To strike an attitude, To strike a balance. See under
Attitude, and Balance.
To strike a jury (Law), to constitute a special jury
ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain
number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to
reduce it to the number of persons required by law.
--Burrill.
To strike a lead.
(a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.
(b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]
To strike a ledger or To strike an account, to balance
it.
To strike hands with.
(a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.
(b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.
To strike off.
(a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike
off the interest of a debt.
(b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a
thousand copies of a book.
(c) To separate by a blow or any sudden action; as, to
strike off what is superfluous or corrupt.
To strike oil, to find petroleum when boring for it;
figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially. [Slang,
U.S.]
To strike one luck, to shake hands with one and wish good
luck. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
To strike out.
(a) To produce by collision; to force out, as, to strike
out sparks with steel.
(b) To blot out; to efface; to erase. "To methodize is as
necessary as to strike out." --Pope.
(c) To form by a quick effort; to devise; to invent; to
contrive, as, to strike out a new plan of finance.
(d) (Baseball) To cause a player to strike out; -- said
of the pitcher. See To strike out, under Strike,
v. i.
To strike sail. See under Sail.
To strike up.
(a) To cause to sound; to begin to beat. "Strike up the
drums." --Shak.
(b) To begin to sing or play; as, to strike up a tune.
(c) To raise (as sheet metal), in making diahes, pans,
etc., by blows or pressure in a die.
To strike work, to quit work; to go on a strike.
[1913 Webster]Struck \Struck\,
imp. & p. p. of Strike.
[1913 Webster]
Struck jury (Law), a special jury, composed of persons
having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by
striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for
each party, leaving the number required by law to try the
cause.
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Struck jury
(gcide) | Struck \Struck\,
imp. & p. p. of Strike.
[1913 Webster]
Struck jury (Law), a special jury, composed of persons
having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by
striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for
each party, leaving the number required by law to try the
cause.
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Strucken
(gcide) | Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. Struck; p. p. Struck,
Stricken(Stroock, Strucken, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Striking. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than
stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.
str[imac]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,
stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG.
str[imac]hhan, L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to
strip off (but perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw
tight), striga a row, a furrow. Cf. Streak, Stroke.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
He at Philippi kept
His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck
The lean and wrinkled Cassius. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a
force to; to dash; to cast.
[1913 Webster]
They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
two sideposts. --Ex. xii. 7.
[1913 Webster]
Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.
--Byron.
[1913 Webster]
4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike
coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
[1913 Webster]
5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in
the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
[1913 Webster]
6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
[1913 Webster]
To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes
for equity. --Prov. xvii.
26.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the
first view. --Atterbury.
[1913 Webster]
They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!
--Landor.
[1913 Webster]
11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a
stroke; as, to strike a light.
[1913 Webster]
Waving wide her myrtle wand,
She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
[1913 Webster]
13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Probably borrowed from the L. foedus ferrire, to strike
a compact, so called because an animal was struck and
killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.
[1913 Webster]
14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
[Old Slang]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the
face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
[1913 Webster]
17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a
strange word; they soon struck the trail.
[1913 Webster]
18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck
a friend for five dollars. [Slang]
[1913 Webster]
19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.
[1913 Webster]
20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
[1913 Webster]
Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand
over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.
11.
[1913 Webster]
21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past
participle. "Well struck in years." --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
To strike an attitude, To strike a balance. See under
Attitude, and Balance.
To strike a jury (Law), to constitute a special jury
ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain
number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to
reduce it to the number of persons required by law.
--Burrill.
To strike a lead.
(a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.
(b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]
To strike a ledger or To strike an account, to balance
it.
To strike hands with.
(a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.
(b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.
To strike off.
(a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike
off the interest of a debt.
(b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a
thousand copies of a book.
(c) To separate by a blow or any sudden action; as, to
strike off what is superfluous or corrupt.
To strike oil, to find petroleum when boring for it;
figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially. [Slang,
U.S.]
To strike one luck, to shake hands with one and wish good
luck. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
To strike out.
(a) To produce by collision; to force out, as, to strike
out sparks with steel.
(b) To blot out; to efface; to erase. "To methodize is as
necessary as to strike out." --Pope.
(c) To form by a quick effort; to devise; to invent; to
contrive, as, to strike out a new plan of finance.
(d) (Baseball) To cause a player to strike out; -- said
of the pitcher. See To strike out, under Strike,
v. i.
To strike sail. See under Sail.
To strike up.
(a) To cause to sound; to begin to beat. "Strike up the
drums." --Shak.
(b) To begin to sing or play; as, to strike up a tune.
(c) To raise (as sheet metal), in making diahes, pans,
etc., by blows or pressure in a die.
To strike work, to quit work; to go on a strike.
[1913 Webster]Strucken \Struck"en\, obs.
p. p. of Strike. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. Thunderstruck;
p. p. Thunderstruck, -strucken; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thunderstriking.]
1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.]
--Sir P. Sidney.
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2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible;
-- rarely used except in the past participle.
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drove before him, thunderstruck. --Milton.
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-strucken
(gcide) | Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. Struck; p. p. Struck,
Stricken(Stroock, Strucken, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Striking. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than
stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.
str[imac]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,
stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG.
str[imac]hhan, L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to
strip off (but perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw
tight), striga a row, a furrow. Cf. Streak, Stroke.]
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.
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He at Philippi kept
His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck
The lean and wrinkled Cassius. --Shak.
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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.
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3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a
force to; to dash; to cast.
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They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
two sideposts. --Ex. xii. 7.
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Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.
--Byron.
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4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike
coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
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5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in
the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
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6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.
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To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes
for equity. --Prov. xvii.
26.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the
first view. --Atterbury.
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They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.
--Pope.
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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.
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How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!
--Landor.
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11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a
stroke; as, to strike a light.
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Waving wide her myrtle wand,
She strikes a universal peace through sea and land.
--Milton.
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12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
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13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
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Note: Probably borrowed from the L. foedus ferrire, to strike
a compact, so called because an animal was struck and
killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.
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14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
[Old Slang]
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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.
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16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the
face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
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17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a
strange word; they soon struck the trail.
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18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck
a friend for five dollars. [Slang]
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19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.
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20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
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Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand
over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.
11.
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21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past
participle. "Well struck in years." --Shak.
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To strike an attitude, To strike a balance. See under
Attitude, and Balance.
To strike a jury (Law), to constitute a special jury
ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain
number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to
reduce it to the number of persons required by law.
--Burrill.
To strike a lead.
(a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.
(b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]
To strike a ledger or To strike an account, to balance
it.
To strike hands with.
(a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.
(b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.
To strike off.
(a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike
off the interest of a debt.
(b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a
thousand copies of a book.
(c) To separate by a blow or any sudden action; as, to
strike off what is superfluous or corrupt.
To strike oil, to find petroleum when boring for it;
figuratively, to make a lucky hit financially. [Slang,
U.S.]
To strike one luck, to shake hands with one and wish good
luck. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
To strike out.
(a) To produce by collision; to force out, as, to strike
out sparks with steel.
(b) To blot out; to efface; to erase. "To methodize is as
necessary as to strike out." --Pope.
(c) To form by a quick effort; to devise; to invent; to
contrive, as, to strike out a new plan of finance.
(d) (Baseball) To cause a player to strike out; -- said
of the pitcher. See To strike out, under Strike,
v. i.
To strike sail. See under Sail.
To strike up.
(a) To cause to sound; to begin to beat. "Strike up the
drums." --Shak.
(b) To begin to sing or play; as, to strike up a tune.
(c) To raise (as sheet metal), in making diahes, pans,
etc., by blows or pressure in a die.
To strike work, to quit work; to go on a strike.
[1913 Webster]Strucken \Struck"en\, obs.
p. p. of Strike. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. Thunderstruck;
p. p. Thunderstruck, -strucken; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thunderstriking.]
1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.]
--Sir P. Sidney.
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2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible;
-- rarely used except in the past participle.
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drove before him, thunderstruck. --Milton.
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Sun-struck
(gcide) | Sun-struck \Sun"-struck`\, a. (Med.)
Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck
soldiers.
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Thunderstruck
(gcide) | Thunderstrike \Thun"der*strike`\, v. t. [imp. Thunderstruck;
p. p. Thunderstruck, -strucken; p. pr. & vb. n.
Thunderstriking.]
1. To strike, blast, or injure by, or as by, lightning. [R.]
--Sir P. Sidney.
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2. To astonish, or strike dumb, as with something terrible;
-- rarely used except in the past participle.
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drove before him, thunderstruck. --Milton.
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Unstruck
(gcide) | Unstruck \Unstruck\
See struck. |
Wonderstruck
(gcide) | Wonderstruck \Won"der*struck`\, a.
Struck with wonder, admiration, or surprise. --Dryden.
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awestruck
(wn) | awestruck
adj 1: having or showing a feeling of mixed reverence and
respect and wonder and dread; "stood in awed silence
before the shrine"; "in grim despair and awestruck
wonder" [syn: awed, awestruck, awestricken] [ant:
unawed] |
dumbstruck
(wn) | dumbstruck
adj 1: as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a
circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of
having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen
were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his
promotion" [syn: dumbfounded, dumfounded,
flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck,
dumbstruck, dumbstricken] |
horror-struck
(wn) | horror-struck
adj 1: stricken with horror [syn: horrified, {horror-
stricken}, horror-struck] |
moonstruck
(wn) | moonstruck
adj 1: insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the
moon [syn: lunatic, moonstruck] |
panic-struck
(wn) | panic-struck
adj 1: thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation;
"became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked
before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-
stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted" [syn:
panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck,
terrified, frightened] |
stage-struck
(wn) | stage-struck
adj 1: infatuated with or enthralled by the theater especially
the desire to act |
struck
(wn) | struck
adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming;
"conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten,
stricken, struck] |
sunstruck
(wn) | sunstruck
adj 1: lighted by sunlight; "the sunlit slopes of the canyon";
"violet valleys and the sunstruck ridges"- Wallace
Stegner [syn: sunlit, sunstruck] |
terror-struck
(wn) | terror-struck
adj 1: struck or filled with terror [syn: terror-stricken,
terror-struck] |
thunderstruck
(wn) | thunderstruck
adj 1: as if struck dumb with astonishment and surprise; "a
circle of policement stood dumbfounded by her denial of
having seen the accident"; "the flabbergasted aldermen
were speechless"; "was thunderstruck by the news of his
promotion" [syn: dumbfounded, dumfounded,
flabbergasted, stupefied, thunderstruck,
dumbstruck, dumbstricken] |
wonder-struck
(wn) | wonder-struck
adj 1: affected by or overcome with wonder |
STRUCK JURY
(bouvier) | STRUCK JURY. A special jury selected by striking from the panel of jurors, a
certain number by each party, so as to leave a number required by law to try
the cause. In general, a list of forty-eight jurors is made out for each
case; the plaintiff strikes off twelve, and the defendant the same number
from those who remain twelve are to be selected to try the cause, unless
they are challenged for cause. See Challenge.
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STRUCK OFF
(bouvier) | STRUCK OFF. A case is said to be struck off, where the court has no
jurisdiction, and can give no judgment, and order that the case be taken off
the record, which is done by an entry to that effect.
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