[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 

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strike \strike\, v. i.
   to move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to
   strike into the fields.
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         a mouse . . . struck forth sternly bodily. --piers
                                                  plowman.
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   2. to deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
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            and fiercely took his trenchant blade in hand,
            with which he stroke so furious and so fell.
                                                  --spenser.
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            strike now, or else the iron cools.   --shak.
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   3. to hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer
      strikes against the bell of a clock.
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   4. to sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to
      be struck; as, the clock strikes.
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            a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. --byron.
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   5. to make an attack; to aim a blow.
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            a puny subject strikes
            at thy great glory.                   --shak.
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            struck for throne, and striking found his doom.
                                                  --tennyson.
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   6. to touch; to act by appulse.
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            hinder light but from striking on it porphyry, and
            its colors vanish.                    --locke.
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   7. to run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship
      struck in the night.
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   8. to pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to
      penetrate.
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            till a dart strike through his liver. --prov. vii.
                                                  23.
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            now and then a glittering beam of wit or passion
            strikes through the obscurity of the poem. --dryden.
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   9. to break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to
      strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
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   10. to lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to
       signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
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             that the english ships of war should not strike in
             the danish seas.                     --bp. burnet.
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   11. to quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a
       reduction, of wages.
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   12. to become attached to something; -- said of the spat of
       oysters.
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   13. to steal money. old slang, eng. --nares.
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   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.
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see also:
to strike at to strike for to strike home to strike in to strike in with to strike out 
to strike up 

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