(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
(v. t.) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
(v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
(v. t.) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
(v. t.) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
(v. t.) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
(v. t.) To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
(v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
(v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
(v. t.) To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
(v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
(v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
(v. t.) To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.
(v. i.) To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
(v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
(v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
(v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.
(v. i.) To make an attack; to aim a blow.
(v. i.) To touch; to act by appulse.
(v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.
(v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
(v. i.) To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
(v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
(v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
(v. i.) To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
(v. i.) To steal money.
(n.) The act of striking.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A bushel; four pecks.
(n.) An old measure of four bushels.
(n.) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
(n.) An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
(n.) The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
(n.) A puddler's stirrer.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
Example Sentences:
(1) Arda Turan's deflected long-range strike puts Atlético back in control.
(2) Although the mean values for all hemodynamic variables between the two placebo periods were minimally changed, the differences in individual patients were striking.
(3) The amplitudes of the a-wave and the 01 decreased in dose-dependent manners, but their changes were less striking than those of the 01 latency.
(4) A striking feature of BEN is the familial occurrence of the disease.
(5) What is striking is the comprehensive and strategic approach they have.
(6) The most striking feature of some industrialized countries is a dramatic reduction of the prevalence of dental caries among school-aged children.
(7) Confirmation of the striking correlation between increased urinary ammonia and lowered neonatal ponderal index may afford a simple test for the identification of nutrient-related growth retardation.
(8) All aircraft exited the strike areas safely.” Earlier, residents living near the Mosul dam told the Associated Press the area was being targeted by air strikes.
(9) It’s not to punish the public, it’s to save the NHS and its people.” Another commenter added: “Of course they should strike.
(10) If you want to become a summit celebrity be sure to strike a pose whenever you see the ENB photographer approaching.
(11) I believe that what we need is a nonviolent national general strike of the kind that has been more common in Europe than here.
(12) Striking and consistent differences were found in the levels of acceptor activity in different tissues from both groups; these levels corresponded to their sensitivity to tumorigenesis by alkylating agents.
(13) "It will strike consumers as unfair that whilst the company is still trading, they are unable to use gift cards and vouchers," he said.
(14) The results show that in both viral DNAs cleavage occurs at the origin and at one additional site which shows striking sequence homology with the origin region.
(15) He campaigned for a no vote and won handsomely, backed by more than 61%, before performing a striking U-turn on Thursday night, re-tabling the same austerity terms he had campaigned to defeat and which the voters rejected.
(16) The most striking homology was to yeast SEC7 in the central domain of the gene (57% identical over 466 bp) and also the protein level (42% identical amino acids; 39% conserved amino acids).
(17) Figures from 228 organisations, of which 154 are acute hospital trusts, show that 2,077 inpatient procedures have been cancelled due to the two-day strike alongside 3,187 day case operations and procedures.
(18) Striking features were non-atherosclerotic stenosis with negative Sudan III, seen in the ICA less than 200 mu in diameter of almost all the hearts of stages II and III rabbits.
(19) The military is not being honest about the number of men on strike: most of us are refusing to eat.
(20) The most striking differences were observed on the factors: Psychopathic deviation, Mania, Schizophrenia greater than controls and social introversion lower than controls.
Wildland
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) The current study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of smoke on forced expiratory volumes and airway responsiveness in wildland fire fighters during a season of active fire fighting.
(2) It was the biggest loss of life in a wildland fire since 1933.
(3) Sometimes Mother Nature is going to do what it wants to do and bad things happen.” The “nasty, dirty” fire – in the words of the local fire chief – surprised scientists by igniting its own fires, said Mike Flannigan, who studies wildland fire at Edmonton’s University of Alberta.
(4) We studied cross-seasonal changes in pulmonary function and respiratory symptoms in 52 wildland firefighters in Northern California.
(5) Results show that wildland fire fighters may at times be exposed to concentrations of carbon monoxide, total or respirable particulates, or silica at levels near or higher than recommended occupational exposure limits, although group means were generally well below the limits.
(6) But Stefan Doerr, a wild fire expert at the University of Swansea, and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Wildland Fire, said the case for such "prescribed burning" was not clear cut.
(7) Industrial hygiene measurement of exposures to wildland fire fighters was conducted in northern California during three consecutive fire seasons (1986-1989) in conjunction with three separate health effects studies.
(8) Sixty-three seasonal and full-time wildland fire fighters from five U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USDAFS) Hotshot crews in Northern California and Montana completed questionnaires, spirometry, and methacholine challenge testing before and after an active season of fire fighting in 1989.
(9) These findings suggest that wildland firefighters experience a small cross-seasonal decline in pulmonary function and an increase in several respiratory symptoms.
(10) These data suggest that wildland fire fighting is associated with decreases in lung function and increases in airway responsiveness independent of a history of cigarette smoking.
(11) Soon after Artemis of the wildland's flyers began appearing on Portland doors, the local Craigslist boards began to yield posts of people offering support to Artemis on the crusade.
(12) Coincidently, a large wildlands fire that may have affected pollen levels occurred in the region shortly before sampling began.
(13) Measurements were taken at both wildland fires and prescribed (planned) burns.
(14) So, Artemis of the Wildland, I shall beat you to the punch: I am a voter, and I am a recipient of Snap food benefits.
(15) Signed by "Artemis of the wildland", the roughly-cut half-sheets claimed that their author would soon be posting lists of the registered voters in the area who were also recipients of disability payments or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (commonly known as Snap, or food stamps).