01 a. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
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Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.“That our oxen may be strong to labor.” — Ps. cxliv. 14.“Orses the strong to greater strength must yield.” — Dryden.
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Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.
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Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town.
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Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
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Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
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Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
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Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide.
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Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language.
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Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.“Her mother, ever strong against that match.” — Shak.
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Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee.
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Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
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Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
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Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.
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Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
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Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.“He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears.” — Heb. v. 7.
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Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination.“I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism.” — Dryden.
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Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.“Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong.” — E. Smith.
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Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.(Stock Exchange)
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Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak.(Gram.) See: Weak
Phrases & compounds
Strong conjugation —
the conjugation of a strong verb; -- called also old conjugation, or irregular conjugation, and distinguished from the weak conjugation or regular conjugation.