Definition of strike

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

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Stramash :: Stramash (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy..
Gaff :: Gaff (v. t.) To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
Yerk :: Yerk (v. t.) To strike or lash with a whip.
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
Clout :: Clout (n.) To give a blow to; to strike.
Bob :: Bob (n.) To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap..
Shock :: Shock (v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence..
Fancy :: Fancy (n.) Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking..
Paralyze :: Paralyze (v. t.) To affect or strike with paralysis or palsy.
Swap :: Swap (v. i.) To strike; -- with off.
Stumble :: Stumble (v. i.) To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step..
Interfere :: Interfere (v. i.) To strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs; -- sometimes said of a human being, but usually of a horse; as, the horse interferes..
Light :: Light (n.) The manner in which the light strikes upon a picture; that part of a picture which represents those objects upon which the light is supposed to fall; the more illuminated part of a landscape or other scene; -- opposed to shade. Cf. Chiaroscuro.
Verberate :: Verberate (v. t.) To beat; to strike.
Reach :: Reach (v. t.) To attain or obtain by stretching forth the hand; to extend some part of the body, or something held by one, so as to touch, strike, grasp, or the like; as, to reach an object with the hand, or with a spear..
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
Pick :: Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin..
Strike :: Strike (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..
Peck :: Peck (v.) To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree..
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