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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Slat :: Slat (v. t.) To slap; to strike; to beat; to throw down violently.
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;.
Peck :: Peck (v.) To strike with the beak; to thrust the beak into; as, a bird pecks a tree..
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type..
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.
Foot :: Foot (v. t.) The size or strike with the talon.
English :: English (v. t.) To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direction after impact on another ball or the cushion..
Pose :: Pose (v. i.) To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with studied arrangement of drapery; to strike an attitude; to attitudinize; figuratively, to assume or affect a certain character; as, she poses as a prude..
Yerk :: Yerk (v. t.) To strike or lash with a whip.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. t.) To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap.
Discord :: Discord (v. i.) Union of musical sounds which strikes the ear harshly or disagreeably, owing to the incommensurability of the vibrations which they produce; want of musical concord or harmony; a chord demanding resolution into a concord..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock..
Overstrike :: Overstrike (v. t.) To strike beyond.
Dub :: Dub (v. t.) To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons..
Ague :: Ague (v. t.) To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit..
Pickaxe :: Pickaxe (n.) A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
Slash :: Slash (v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly..
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