[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

strength \strength\, v. t.
   to strengthen. obs. --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

strength \strength\, n. oe. strengthe, as. strengethu, fr.
   strang strong. see strong.
   1. the quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to
      bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether
      physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as,
      strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of
      memory, or of judgment.
      1913 webster

            all his samson's strength in his hairs were.
                                                  --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            thou must outlive
            thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty.  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality
      of bodies by which they endure the application of force
      without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to
      frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of
      a wall, a rope, and the like. "the brittle strength of
      bones." --milton.
      1913 webster

   3. power of resisting attacks; impregnability. "our castle's
      strength will laugh a siege to scorn." --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. that quality which tends to secure results; effective
      power in an institution or enactment; security; validity;
      legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the
      strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of
      law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence;
      strength of argument.
      1913 webster

   5. one who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or
      affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which
      confidence or reliance is based; support; security.
      1913 webster

            god is our refuge and strength.       --ps. xlvi. 1.
      1913 webster

            what they boded would be a mischief to us, you are
            providing shall be one of our principal strengths.
                                                  --sprat.
      1913 webster

            certainly there is not a greater strength against
            temptation.                           --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   6. force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body,
      as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the
      strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?
      1913 webster

   7. vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; --
      said of literary work.
      1913 webster

            and praise the easy vigor of a life
            where denham's strength and waller's sweetness join.
                                                  --pope.
      1913 webster

   8. intensity; -- said of light or color.
      1913 webster

            bright phoebus in his strength.       --shak.
      1913 webster

   9. intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential
      element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors,
      solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
      1913 webster

   10. a strong place; a stronghold. obs. --shak.
       1913 webster

   on the strength of, or upon the strength of, in reliance
      upon. "the allies, after a successful summer, are too apt,
      upon the strength of it, to neglect their preparations for
      the ensuing campaign." --addison.
      1913 webster

   syn: force; robustness; toughness; hardness; stoutness;
        brawniness; lustiness; firmness; puissance; support;
        spirit; validity; authority. see force.
        1913 webster
see also:
strong frangibility on the strength of upon the strength of force 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

strength
     n 1: the property of being physically or mentally strong;
          "fatigue sapped his strength" ant: weakness
     2: capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect
        the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great
        strength"; "politicians have neglected our military
        posture" syn: military capability, military strength,
         military posture, posture
     3: physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he
        could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the
        gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness
        of a living man" syn: force, forcefulness
     4: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
        syn: forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty,
         speciality, strong point ant: weak point
     5: the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the
        embracing of a point of view by means of argument or
        entreaty; "the strength of his argument settled the
        matter" syn: persuasiveness ant: unpersuasiveness
     6: the amount of energy transmitted as by acoustic or
        electromagnetic radiation; "he adjusted the intensity of
        the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"
        syn: intensity, intensity level
     7: capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical
        effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the
        drinks" syn: potency, effectiveness
     8: the condition of financial success; "the strength of the
        company's stock in recent weeks" ant: weakness
     9: permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force;
        "they advertised the durability of their products" syn: lastingness,
         durability, enduringness
see also:
weakness military capability military strength military posture posture force 
forcefulness forte strong suit long suit metier 
specialty speciality strong point weak point persuasiveness 
unpersuasiveness intensity intensity level potency effectiveness 
lastingness durability enduringness 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

221 moby thesaurus words for "strength":
   ability, amount, amperage, ampleness, amplitude, aptitude, arm,
   armipotence, asset, authoritativeness, authority, backbone, beef,
   bite, bitingness, black power, body, boundlessness, brawn,
   brawniness, brute force, bulk, burden, charge, charisma, clout,
   cogence, cogency, cohesiveness, compulsion, concentration,
   concreteness, core, cuttingness, demonic energy, density,
   determination, dint, drive, durability, duress, dynamism, effect,
   effectiveness, effectuality, endurance, energy, enormity,
   enormousness, ergal, expanse, extent, firmness, fixity of purpose,
   flower power, force, force majeure, forcefulness, formidableness,
   fortitude, full blast, full force, fullness, gameness, gaminess,
   gift, gigantism, gist, grandeur, grandness, great scope, greatness,
   grit, guts, gutsiness, haleness, hardiness, hardness, healthiness,
   heartiness, high flavor, highness, hugeness, immensity,
   impressiveness, incisiveness, infinity, influence, infrangibility,
   intensity, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, iron will,
   kinetic energy, largeness, lastingness, leatherlikeness, longevity,
   lustiness, magisterialness, magnitude, main force, main strength,
   mana, mass, materiality, matter, measure, measurement, meat, might,
   might and main, mightiness, moral courage, moral fiber, mordancy,
   moxie, muchness, muscle, muscle power, nerve, nervosity,
   nervousness, numbers, palpability, perseverance, persistence,
   pertinacity, pith, pizzazz, plenitude, pluck, poignancy,
   ponderability, poop, potence, potency, potential energy,
   potentiality, power, power pack, power structure, power struggle,
   powerfulness, prepotency, prodigiousness, productiveness,
   productivity, puissance, pull, punch, purport, push, quantity,
   quantum, rankness, reliability, resistance, resoluteness,
   resolution, robustness, ropiness, ruggedness, security, sense,
   sinew, sinewiness, solidity, soundness, spunk, stability,
   stableness, stamina, steadiness, steam, stiffness, stoutness,
   strength of mind, strength of purpose, strenuousness, stringiness,
   strong arm, strong language, strong point, strongness,
   stubbornness, stupendousness, sturdiness, substance,
   substantiality, substantialness, sum, sum and substance,
   superiority, superpower, talent, tangibility, tenaciousness,
   tenacity, toughness, tremendousness, trenchancy, unbreakability,
   unbreakableness, validity, vastness, vehemence, vigor,
   vigorousness, vim, virility, virtue, virulence, viscidity,
   vitality, wattage, weight, whole, will, will of iron, will power

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