[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.
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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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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

attitude \at"titude\, n. it. attitudine, ll. aptitudo, fr. l.
   aptus suited, fitted: cf. f. attitude. cf. aptitude.
   1. paint.  sculp. the posture, action, or disposition of a
      figure or a statue.
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   2. the posture or position of a person or an animal, or the
      manner in which the parts of his body are disposed;
      position assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as, a
      threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty.
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   3. fig.: position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as,
      in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude;
      one's mental attitude in respect to religion.
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            the attitude of the country was rapidly changing.
                                                  --j. r. green.
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   to strike an attitude, to take an attitude for mere effect.
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   syn: attitude, posture.

   usage: both of these words describe the visible disposition
          of the limbs. posture relates to their position
          merely; attitude refers to their fitness for some
          specific object. the object of an attitude is to set
          forth exhibit some internal feeling; as, attitude of
          wonder, of admiration, of grief, etc. it is,
          therefore, essentially and designedly expressive. its
          object is the same with that of gesture; viz., to hold
          forth and represent. posture has no such design. if we
          speak of posture in prayer, or the posture of
          devotion, it is only the natural disposition of the
          limbs, without any intention to show forth or exhibit.
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                't is business of a painter in his choice of
                attitudes positurae to foresee the effect
                and harmony of the lights and shadows. --dryden.
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                never to keep the body in the same posture half
                an hour at a time.                --bacon.
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see also:
aptitude to strike an attitude attitude posture 

Attitude >> A Words
Attitude, definition of term: Attitude
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Strike >> S Words
Strike, definition of term: Strike
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Strike Up >> S Words
Strike Up, definition of term: Strike Up
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Strike Out >> S Words
Strike Out, definition of term: Strike Out
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To Strike >> T Words
To Strike, definition of term: To Strike
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Hunger Strike >> H Words
Hunger Strike, definition of term: Hunger Strike
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Sit-Down Strike >> S Words
Sit-Down Strike, definition of term: Sit-Down Strike
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