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

strike \strike\, v. t. imp. struck; p. p. struck,
   strickenstroock, 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.
   strimaccan to go, proceed, akin to d. strijken to rub,
   stroke, strike, to move, go, g. streichen, ohg.
   strimachhan, 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
see also:
struck stricken stroock strucken striking streak 
stroke to strike an attitude to strike a balance attitude balance 
to strike a jury to strike a lead to strike a ledger to strike an account to strike hands with 
to strike off to strike oil to strike one luck to strike out strike 
to strike sail sail to strike up to strike work 

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

strike \strike\, v. i.
   to move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to
   strike into the fields.
   1913 webster

         a mouse . . . struck forth sternly bodily. --piers
                                                  plowman.
   1913 webster

   2. to deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
      1913 webster

            and fiercely took his trenchant blade in hand,
            with which he stroke so furious and so fell.
                                                  --spenser.
      1913 webster

            strike now, or else the iron cools.   --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer
      strikes against the bell of a clock.
      1913 webster

   4. to sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to
      be struck; as, the clock strikes.
      1913 webster

            a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. --byron.
      1913 webster

   5. to make an attack; to aim a blow.
      1913 webster

            a puny subject strikes
            at thy great glory.                   --shak.
      1913 webster

            struck for throne, and striking found his doom.
                                                  --tennyson.
      1913 webster

   6. to touch; to act by appulse.
      1913 webster

            hinder light but from striking on it porphyry, and
            its colors vanish.                    --locke.
      1913 webster

   7. to run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship
      struck in the night.
      1913 webster

   8. to pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to
      penetrate.
      1913 webster

            till a dart strike through his liver. --prov. vii.
                                                  23.
      1913 webster

            now and then a glittering beam of wit or passion
            strikes through the obscurity of the poem. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   9. to break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to
      strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
      1913 webster

   10. to lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to
       signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
       1913 webster

             that the english ships of war should not strike in
             the danish seas.                     --bp. burnet.
       1913 webster

   11. to quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a
       reduction, of wages.
       1913 webster

   12. to become attached to something; -- said of the spat of
       oysters.
       1913 webster

   13. to steal money. old slang, eng. --nares.
       1913 webster

   to strike at, to aim a blow at.

   to strike for, to start suddenly on a course for.

   to strike home, to give a blow which reaches its object, to
      strike with effect.

   to strike in.
       a to enter suddenly.
       b to disappear from the surface, with internal effects,
           as an eruptive disease.
       c to come in suddenly; to interpose; to interrupt. "i
           proposed the embassy of constantinople for mr.
           henshaw, but my lord winchelsea struck in." --evelyn.
       d to join in after another has begun,as in singing.

   to strike in with, to conform to; to suit itself to; to
      side with, to join with at once. "to assert this is to
      strike in with the known enemies of god's grace." --south.

   to strike out.
       a to start; to wander; to make a sudden excursion; as,
           to strike out into an irregular course of life.
       b to strike with full force.
       c baseball to be put out for not hitting the ball
           during one's turn at the bat.

   to strike up, to commence to play as a musician; to begin
      to sound, as an instrument. "whilst any trump did sound,
      or drum struck up." --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
to strike at to strike for to strike home to strike in to strike in with to strike out 
to strike up 

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

strike \strike\, n.
   1. the act of striking.
      1913 webster

   2. 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.
      1913 webster

   3. a bushel; four pecks. prov. eng. --tusser.
      1913 webster

   4. an old measure of four bushels. prov. eng.
      1913 webster

   5. fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
      1913 webster

            three hogsheads of ale of the first strike. --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   6. an iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. obs.
      1913 webster

   7. the act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a
      body of workmen, usually organized by a labor union, done
      as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on
      their employer.
      1913 webster +pjc

            strikes are the insurrections of labor. --f. a.
                                                  walker.
      1913 webster

   8. iron working a puddler's stirrer.
      1913 webster

   9. geol. 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.
      1913 webster

   10. the extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money,
       by threat of injury; blackmailing.
       1913 webster

   11. a sudden finding of rich ore in mining; hence, any sudden
       success or good fortune, esp. financial.
       webster 1913 suppl.

   12. bowling, u. s. the act of leveling all the pins with
       the first bowl; also, the score thus made. sometimes
       called double spare. throwing a strike entitles the
       player to add to the score for that frame the total
       number of pins knocked down in the next two bowls.
       webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   13. baseball any actual or constructive striking at the
       pitched ball, three of which, if the ball is not hit
       fairly, cause the batter to be put out; hence, any of
       various acts or events which are ruled as equivalent to
       such a striking, as failing to strike at a ball so
       pitched that the batter should have struck at it. "it's
       one, two, three strikes you're out in the old ball game."
       --take me out to the ball game
       webster 1913 suppl. +pjc

   14. tenpins same as ten-strike.
       webster 1913 suppl.

   strike block carp., a plane shorter than a jointer, used
      for fitting a short joint. --moxon.

   strike of flax, a handful that may be hackled at once.
      obs. or prov. eng. --chaucer.

   strike of sugar. sugar making
       a the act of emptying the teache, or last boiler, in
           which the cane juice is exposed to heat, into the
           coolers.
       b the quantity of the sirup thus emptied at once.
           1913 webster
see also:
double spare ten-strike strike block strike of flax strike of sugar 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

strike
     n 1: a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad
          work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month
          before it was settled" syn: work stoppage
     2: an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or
        destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin
        at dawn"
     3: a pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does
        not hit; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls"
     4: a gentle blow syn: rap, tap
     5: a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first
        ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"
        syn: ten-strike
     6: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and
        marked the beginning of his career"; "that new broadway
        show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
        syn: hit, smash, smasher, bang
     v 1: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "the car hit a
          tree"; "he struck the table with his elbow" syn: hit,
           impinge on, run into, collide with ant: miss
     2: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon;
        "the teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to
        strike"; "the boxer struck the attacker dead"
     3: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "this child
        impressed me as unusually mature"; "this behavior struck
        me as odd" syn: affect, impress, move
     4: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy,
        opponent, or a target; "the germans struck poland on sept.
        1, 1939"; "we must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the
        fifth inning, the giants struck, sending three runners
        home to win the game 5 to 2" syn: hit
     5: indicate a certain time by striking; "the clock struck
        midnight"; "just when i entered, the clock struck"
     6: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "we were hit
        by really bad weather"; "he was stricken with cancer when
        he was still a teenager"; "the earthquake struck at
        midnight" syn: hit
     7: stop work in order to press demands; "the auto workers are
        striking for higher wages"; "the employees walked out when
        their demand for better benefits was not met" syn: walk
        out
     8: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "light
        fell on her face"; "the sun shone on the fields"; "the
        light struck the golden necklace"; "a strange sound struck
        my ears" syn: fall, shine
     9: attain; "the horse finally struck a pace" syn: come to
     10: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical
         instruments, also metaphorically; "the pianist strikes a
         middle c"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments
         struck a sour note" syn: hit
     11: cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an
         arc"
     12: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old
         tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "the hikers finally
         struck the main path to the lake" syn: fall upon, come
         upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance
         on, happen upon, attain, discover
     13: produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the
         flintstone"; "strike a match"
     14: remove by erasing or crossing out; "please strike this
         remark from the record" syn: expunge, excise
     15: cause to experience suddenly; "panic struck me"; "an
         interesting idea hit her"; "a thought came to me"; "the
         thought struck terror in our minds"; "they were struck
         with fear" syn: hit, come to
     16: drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist
         on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
         syn: hit
     17: occupy or take on; "he assumes the lotus position"; "she
         took her seat on the stage"; "we took our seats in the
         orchestra"; "she took up her position behind the tree";
         "strike a pose" syn: assume, take, take up
     18: form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins";
         "strike a medal" syn: mint, coin
     19: smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure"
         syn: strickle
     20: pierce with force; "the bullet struck her thigh"; "the icy
         wind struck through our coats"
     21: arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing;
         "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"
     also: struck
see also:
work stoppage rap tap ten-strike hit smash 
smasher bang impinge on run into collide with 
miss affect impress move walk out 
fall shine come to fall upon come upon 
light upon chance upon come across chance on happen upon 
attain discover expunge excise assume 
take take up mint coin strickle 
struck 

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

567 moby thesaurus words for "strike":
   abbreviate, abridge, administer, adopt, advance against,
   advance upon, affect, afflict, aggravated assault, aggression,
   agree on, aim, ambush, amphibious attack, arise, armed assault,
   arrest, arrest the thoughts, arrive at, assail, assailing,
   assailment, assault, assume, attack, attain, bang, bang into,
   banzai attack, bash, bat, batter, bear down upon, beat, beef,
   belabor, bell, belt, beset, biff, birch, bitch, blitz, blitzkrieg,
   blot out, blow it, bludgeon, blue-pencil, boggle, bonk, bop,
   bowdlerize, box, box the ears, boycott, boycottage, breakthrough,
   bring out, bringing to light, buffet, bump, bump into, bushwhack,
   call a strike, call in question, call it quits, cancel, cane,
   cannon, carom, carom into, carry, casual discovery, catch,
   catch the thoughts, catching, censor, challenge, chance discovery,
   chance upon, charge, check, checkmate, clap, clash, clip, clobber,
   close down, close shop, clout, club, clump, cock, coldcock,
   collide, come a cropper, come across, come at, come down on,
   come home to, come into collision, come to, come to mind,
   come up with, complain, complaint, compunction, conclude, concuss,
   confirm, confront each other, conjure up, conk, contrive,
   counterattack, counteroffensive, coup de main, crack,
   crack down on, crack up, crash, crash into, cripple,
   crippling attack, cross out, crown, crump, crunch, cry out against,
   cudgel, cuff, cut, cutoff, dash, dash into, dawn on, dawn upon one,
   dead set at, dead stop, deadlock, deal, deal a blow, deck, delete,
   deliver, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demonstration, demur,
   demurrer, descend on, descend upon, descent on, detection,
   determination, determine, determining, detonate, devise, ding,
   direct, disable, discharge, disclosure, discover, discovery,
   dismantle, display, dispute, distinguishment, diversion,
   diversionary attack, dream up, drive, drop, edit, edit out, eject,
   eliminate, encounter, end, endgame, ending, engrave,
   enter a protest, eradicate, erase, espial, excavation, exception,
   excruciate, exhumation, expostulate, expostulation, exposure,
   expunge, expurgate, fail, fall, fall foul of, fall on, fall upon,
   feign, fell, fetch, fetch a blow, final whistle, find, find out,
   finding, finding out, fire, fire off, flank, flank attack, flog,
   flop, foul, frontal attack, full stop, gang up on, gas, gas attack,
   get, get nowhere, get out, go at, go for, go into, go on strike,
   go out, goal, grab, grab one, grand slam, grievance,
   grievance committee, grinding halt, gun, gun for, halt, hammer,
   harrow, harry, have at, head-on attack, hectograph, hit,
   hit a clip, hit against, hit like lightning, hit the mark,
   hit upon, hold out, hole, hole in one, holler, home run, homer,
   horsewhip, howl, hunt down, hurt, hurtle, ignite, impact, impinge,
   implant, impress, impress forcibly, imprint, improvise,
   incapacitate, indignation meeting, indispose, induce, infiltrate,
   infiltration, inflict, influence, inspire, insurge, insurrect,
   invalid, invent, invention, issue, jab, job action, jump, kick,
   kill, knock, knock against, knock cold, knock down, knock off,
   knock out, lambaste, land on, lash, launch an attack, lay at,
   lay hands on, lay into, lay off, let fly, let have it, let off,
   light, light into, lightning attack, lightning war, load, locate,
   locating, location, lock out, lockout, lucky strike, mace, make,
   make an impression, march, march against, march upon, martyr,
   mass attack, meet, megadeath, mimeograph, mint, miss the boat,
   mount an attack, mount the barricades, move, mug, mugging,
   multigraph, mutineer, mutiny, nail, nonviolent protest, object,
   objection, obliterate, occur, occur to, offense, offensive,
   offer itself, omit, onset, onslaught, open an offensive,
   outlaw strike, overkill, overprint, overthrow, panzer warfare,
   paste, pelt, pepper, percuss, pick off, picket, picketing, pistol,
   pitch into, plug, plunk, poke, pommel, pop, pot, potshoot, potshot,
   pounce upon, pound, present itself, press objections, prime, print,
   proof, protest, protest demonstration, protestation, prove,
   publish, puck, pull, pull a proof, pummel, punch, push, put on,
   put out, put to bed, put to press, qualm, rack, raise a howl,
   rally, ratify, reach, rebel, recognition, rediscover, rediscovery,
   register with, reissue, reluct, reluctate, remonstrance,
   remonstrate, remonstration, remove, reprint, rescind, revelation,
   revolt, revolute, revolution, revolutionize, riddle, riot, rise,
   rise to mind, rise up, rock, rub out, rulebook slowdown, run,
   run against, run at, run down, run into, run off, run riot,
   run to earth, rush, sail into, sally, score, scourge, scratch,
   scruple, secure, serendipity, set on, set upon, settle on,
   shock tactics, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, shut down,
   shut it down, shut up shop, sick-in, sideswipe, sink in, sit down,
   sit in, sit-down, sit-down strike, sit-in, slam, slam into, slap,
   slap the face, slat, slog, slosh, slow down, slowdown, slug, smack,
   smack into, smash, smash into, smash up, smite, snap, snipe, soak,
   sock, sortie, spotting, squawk, stalemate, stamp, stand, standoff,
   standstill, state a grievance, stay, stick out, stop, stoppage,
   storm, strike against, strike at, strike hard, strike home,
   strike off, strike out, strike the mind, strike up, stumble on,
   subvert, suggest itself, surprise, swap, swat, sway, swipe,
   swoop down on, sympathy strike, take, take a potshot, take apart,
   take away, take on, take the offensive, teach in, teach-in, tell,
   thrash, thrust, thump, thwack, tie-up, torment, torpedo, torture,
   touch, touchdown, trace, trace down, track down, traumatize,
   treasure trove, trouvaille, trove, try, turnout, uncovering,
   unearthing, unprovoked assault, void, wade into, walk out, walkout,
   wallop, whack, wham, whip, whomp, whop, wildcat strike, wipe out,
   work out, work stoppage, wring, yell bloody murder, yerk

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