Name Report For First Name STRANG:
STRANG
First name STRANG's origin is English. STRANG means "powerful". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with STRANG below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of strang.(Brown names are of the same origin (English) with STRANG and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)
Rhymes with STRANG - Names & Words
First Names Rhyming STRANG
FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES STRANG AS A WHOLE:
armstrangNAMES RHYMING WITH STRANG (According to last letters):
Rhyming Names According to Last 5 Letters (trang) - Names That Ends with trang:
trangRhyming Names According to Last 4 Letters (rang) - Names That Ends with rang:
frang rangRhyming Names According to Last 3 Letters (ang) - Names That Ends with ang:
hang lang sang fenyang quang thang lintang fang wolfgangRhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ng) - Names That Ends with ng:
carling dong hong huong nhung phuong suong armstrong starling sterling cuong dung duong hung tong trong trung tung vuong aisling ashling blerung bletsung eacnung banning bing cumming erving faing felding harding irving king leng lotharing lyfing rawling redding sheiling spelding staerling yung loring ing strong stirling spalding reading fielding erling cyning banaing henning fereng blessing dreng fleming ewing golding hring manning ring channingNAMES RHYMING WITH STRANG (According to first letters):
Rhyming Names According to First 5 Letters (stran) - Names That Begins with stran:
Rhyming Names According to First 4 Letters (stra) - Names That Begins with stra:
strahan stratfordRhyming Names According to First 3 Letters (str) - Names That Begins with str:
stre strephon strephonn strod stroud struan struana struthersRhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (st) - Names That Begins with st:
stacey stacie stacy stacyann stafford stamfo stamford stamitos stan stanb stanbeny stanburh stanbury stanciyf stancliff stanclyf standa standish stanedisc stanfeld stanfield stanford stanhop stanhope stanislav stanley stanly stanton stantu stantun stanway stanweg stanwi stanwic stanwick stanwik stanwode stanwood stanwyk star starbuck starla starlene starls starr stasia staunton stayton steadman stearc stearn steathford stedeman stedman steele stefan stefana stefania stefanie stefano stefford stefn stefon stein steiner steise stela stem step stepan stephan stephana stephania stephanie stephen stephenie stephenson stephon sterlyn stern sterne stetson stevan steve steven stevenson stevie stevon stevyn stewardNAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH STRANG:
First Names which starts with 'st' and ends with 'ng':
First Names which starts with 's' and ends with 'g':
saelig seabrig secg selig sig sigilwig slecg solvigEnglish Words Rhyming STRANG
ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES STRANG AS A WHOLE:
| estranging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Estrange |
| estrangedness | noun (n.) State of being estranged; estrangement. |
| estrangement | noun (n.) The act of estranging, or the state of being estranged; alienation. |
| estranger | noun (n.) One who estranges. |
| strang | adjective (a.) Strong. |
| strangeness | noun (n.) The state or quality of being strange (in any sense of the adjective). |
| stranger | noun (n.) One who is strange, foreign, or unknown. |
| noun (n.) One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. | |
| noun (n.) One whose home is at a distance from the place where he is, but in the same country. | |
| noun (n.) One who is unknown or unacquainted; as, the gentleman is a stranger to me; hence, one not admitted to communication, fellowship, or acquaintance. | |
| noun (n.) One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor. | |
| noun (n.) One not privy or party an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right; as, actual possession of land gives a good title against a stranger having no title; as to strangers, a mortgage is considered merely as a pledge; a mere stranger to the levy. | |
| verb (v. t.) To estrange; to alienate. |
| strangling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strangle |
| strangleable | adjective (a.) Capable of being strangled. |
| strangler | noun (n.) One who, or that which, strangles. |
| strangles | noun (n.) A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells. |
| strangulate | adjective (a.) Strangulated. |
| strangulated | adjective (a.) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression; as, a strangulated hernia. |
| adjective (a.) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted. |
| strangulation | noun (n.) The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled. |
| noun (n.) Inordinate compression or constriction of a tube or part, as of the throat; especially, such as causes a suspension of breathing, of the passage of contents, or of the circulation, as in cases of hernia. |
| strangurious | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to strangury. |
| strangury | noun (n.) A painful discharge of urine, drop by drop, produced by spasmodic muscular contraction. |
| noun (n.) A swelling or other disease in a plant, occasioned by a ligature fastened tightly about it. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH STRANG (According to last letters):
Rhyming Words According to Last 5 Letters (trang) - English Words That Ends with trang:
Rhyming Words According to Last 4 Letters (rang) - English Words That Ends with rang:
| boomerang | noun (n.) A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it. |
| crang | noun (n.) See Krang. |
| jelerang | noun (n.) A large, handsome squirrel (Sciurus Javensis), native of Java and Southern Asia; -- called also Java squirrel. |
| krang | noun (n.) The carcass of a whale after the blubber has been removed. |
| orang | noun (n.) See Orang-outang. |
| ourang | noun (n.) The orang-outang. |
| serang | noun (n.) The boatswain of a Lascar or East Ondian crew. |
Rhyming Words According to Last 3 Letters (ang) - English Words That Ends with ang:
| bang | noun (n.) A blow as with a club; a heavy blow. |
| noun (n.) The sound produced by a sudden concussion. | |
| noun (n.) The short, front hair combed down over the forehead, esp. when cut squarely across; a false front of hair similarly worn. | |
| noun (n.) Alt. of Bangue | |
| verb (v. t.) To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly. | |
| verb (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make a loud noise, as if with a blow or succession of blows; as, the window blind banged and waked me; he was banging on the piano. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a hors, or the forelock of human beings; to cut (the hair). |
| bhang | noun (n.) An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh. |
| bruang | noun (n.) The Malayan sun bear. |
| clang | noun (n.) A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together. |
| noun (n.) Quality of tone. | |
| verb (v. t.) To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound. | |
| verb (v. i.) To give out a clang; to resound. |
| dwang | noun (n.) A piece of wood set between two studs, posts, etc., to stiffen and support them. |
| noun (n.) A kind of crowbar. | |
| noun (n.) A large wrench. |
| fang | adjective (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch. |
| adjective (a.) To enable to catch or tear; to furnish with fangs. | |
| verb (v. t.) The tusk of an animal, by which the prey is seized and held or torn; a long pointed tooth; esp., one of the usually erectile, venomous teeth of serpents. Also, one of the falcers of a spider. | |
| verb (v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken. | |
| verb (v. t.) The root, or one of the branches of the root, of a tooth. See Tooth. | |
| verb (v. t.) A niche in the side of an adit or shaft, for an air course. | |
| verb (v. t.) A projecting tooth or prong, as in a part of a lock, or the plate of a belt clamp, or the end of a tool, as a chisel, where it enters the handle. | |
| verb (v. t.) The valve of a pump box. | |
| verb (v. t.) A bend or loop of a rope. |
| flang | noun (n.) A miner's two-pointed pick. |
| gaydiang | noun (n.) A vessel of Anam, with two or three masts, lofty triangular sails, and in construction somewhat resembling a Chinese junk. |
| gobang | noun (n.) A Japanese game, played on a checkerboard, in which the object of the game is to be the first in placing five pieces, or men, in a row in any direction. |
| hang | noun (n.) The manner in which one part or thing hangs upon, or is connected with, another; as, the hang of a scythe. |
| noun (n.) Connection; arrangement; plan; as, the hang of a discourse. | |
| noun (n.) A sharp or steep declivity or slope. | |
| verb (v. i.) To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sign; to hang out a banner. | |
| verb (v. i.) To fasten in a manner which will allow of free motion upon the point or points of suspension; -- said of a pendulum, a swing, a door, gate, etc. | |
| verb (v. i.) To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve. | |
| verb (v. i.) To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer. | |
| verb (v. i.) To cover, decorate, or furnish by hanging pictures trophies, drapery, and the like, or by covering with paper hangings; -- said of a wall, a room, etc. | |
| verb (v. i.) To paste, as paper hangings, on the walls of a room. | |
| verb (v. i.) To hold or bear in a suspended or inclined manner or position instead of erect; to droop; as, he hung his head in shame. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be suspended or fastened to some elevated point without support from below; to dangle; to float; to rest; to remain; to stay. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be fastened in such a manner as to allow of free motion on the point or points of suspension. | |
| verb (v. i.) To die or be put to death by suspension from the neck. | |
| verb (v. i.) To hold for support; to depend; to cling; -- usually with on or upon; as, this question hangs on a single point. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be, or be like, a suspended weight. | |
| verb (v. i.) To hover; to impend; to appear threateningly; -- usually with over; as, evils hang over the country. | |
| verb (v. i.) To lean or incline; to incline downward. | |
| verb (v. i.) To slope down; as, hanging grounds. | |
| verb (v. i.) To be undetermined or uncertain; to be in suspense; to linger; to be delayed. | |
| verb (v. i.) Of a ball: To rebound unexpectedly or unusually slowly, due to backward spin on the ball or imperfections of ground. | |
| verb (v. t.) To prevent from reaching a decision, esp. by refusing to join in a verdict that must be unanimous; as, one obstinate juror can hang a jury. |
| harfang | noun (n.) The snowy owl. |
| kiang | noun (n.) The dziggetai. |
| kukang | noun (n.) The slow lemur. See Lemur. |
| linsang | noun (n.) Any viverrine mammal of the genus Prionodon, inhabiting the East Indies and Southern Asia. The common East Indian linsang (P. gracilis) is white, crossed by broad, black bands. The Guinea linsang (Porana Richardsonii) is brown with black spots. |
| musang | noun (n.) A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also coffee rat. |
| mustang | noun (n.) The half-wild horse of the plains in Mexico, California, etc. It is small, hardy, and easily sustained. |
| overhang | noun (n.) In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet. |
| noun (n.) Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line. | |
| noun (n.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing. | |
| verb (v. t.) To impend or hang over. | |
| verb (v. t.) To hang over; to jut or project over. | |
| verb (v. i.) To jut over. |
| oxgang | noun (n.) See Bovate. |
| pang | noun (n.) A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death. |
| verb (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. |
| parasang | noun (n.) A Persian measure of length, which, according to Herodotus and Xenophon, was thirty stadia, or somewhat more than three and a half miles. The measure varied in different times and places, and, as now used, is estimated at from three and a half to four English miles. |
| plowgang | noun (n.) Alt. of Ploughgang |
| ploughgang | noun (n.) Same as Plowgate. |
| pressgang | noun (n.) See Press gang, under Press. |
| probang | noun (n.) A slender elastic rod, as of whalebone, with a sponge on the end, for removing obstructions from the esophagus, etc. |
| shebang | noun (n.) A jocosely depreciative name for a dwelling or shop. |
| siamang | noun (n.) A gibbon (Hylobates syndactylus), native of Sumatra. It has the second and third toes partially united by a web. |
| slang | noun (n.) Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory. |
| noun (n.) A fetter worn on the leg by a convict. | |
| noun (n.) Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc. | |
| verb (v. t.) To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language. | |
| () imp. of Sling. Slung. | |
| () of Sling |
| spang | noun (n.) A bound or spring. |
| noun (n.) A spangle or shining ornament. | |
| verb (v. t.) To spangle. | |
| verb (v. i.) To spring; to bound; to leap. |
| stang | noun (n.) A long bar; a pole; a shaft; a stake. |
| noun (n.) In land measure, a pole, rod, or perch. | |
| verb (v. i.) To shoot with pain. | |
| () imp. of Sting. | |
| () of Sting |
| swang | noun (n.) A swamp. |
| () imp. of Swing. | |
| (Archaic imp.) of Swing |
| tang | noun (n.) A coarse blackish seaweed (Fuscus nodosus). |
| noun (n.) A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself; as, wine or cider has a tang of the cask. | |
| noun (n.) Fig.: A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. Cf. Tang a twang. | |
| noun (n.) A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part; anything resembling a tongue in form or position. | |
| noun (n.) The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle. | |
| noun (n.) The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock. | |
| noun (n.) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. | |
| noun (n.) The tongue of a buckle. | |
| noun (n.) A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. | |
| noun (n.) A dynasty in Chinese history, from a. d. 618 to 905, distinguished by the founding of the Imperial Academy (the Hanlin), by the invention of printing, and as marking a golden age of literature. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to ring or sound loudly; to ring. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make a ringing sound; to ring. |
| tongkang | noun (n.) A kind of boat or junk used in the seas of the Malay Archipelago. |
| trepang | noun (n.) Any one of several species of large holothurians, some of which are dried and extensively used as food in China; -- called also beche de mer, sea cucumber, and sea slug. |
| tripang | noun (n.) See Trepang. |
| twang | noun (n.) A tang. See Tang a state. |
| noun (n.) A harsh, quick sound, like that made by a stretched string when pulled and suddenly let go; as, the twang of a bowstring. | |
| noun (n.) An affected modulation of the voice; a kind of nasal sound. | |
| verb (v. i.) To sound with a quick, harsh noise; to make the sound of a tense string pulled and suddenly let go; as, the bowstring twanged. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make to sound, as by pulling a tense string and letting it go suddenly. |
| vang | noun (n.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff. |
| yang | noun (n.) The cry of the wild goose; a honk. |
| verb (v. i.) To make the cry of the wild goose. |
| zamang | noun (n.) An immense leguminous tree (Pithecolobium Saman) of Venezuela. Its branches form a hemispherical mass, often one hundred and eighty feet across. The sweet pulpy pods are used commonly for feeding cattle. Also called rain tree. |
| zinsang | noun (n.) The delundung. |
| wang | noun (n.) The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone. |
| noun (n.) A slap; a blow. | |
| noun (n.) See Whang. |
| whang | noun (n.) A leather thong. |
| noun (n.) A blow; whack. | |
| noun (n.) A large piece or slice; chunk. | |
| noun (n.) Formerly, a house-cleaning party. | |
| verb (v. t.) To beat. | |
| verb (v. t.) To beat; thrash; bang; also, to throw, hurl, or fling about, violently. | |
| verb (v. t.) To slice, esp. in large pieces; to chop. |
ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH STRANG (According to first letters):
Rhyming Words According to First 5 Letters (stran) - Words That Begins with stran:
| strand | noun (n.) One of the twists, or strings, as of fibers, wires, etc., of which a rope is composed. |
| noun (n.) The shore, especially the beach of a sea, ocean, or large lake; rarely, the margin of a navigable river. | |
| verb (v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope). | |
| verb (v. t.) To drive on a strand; hence, to run aground; as, to strand a ship. | |
| verb (v. i.) To drift, or be driven, on shore to run aground; as, the ship stranded at high water. |
| stranding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strand |
| strany | noun (n.) The guillemot. |
Rhyming Words According to First 4 Letters (stra) - Words That Begins with stra:
| strabism | noun (n.) Strabismus. |
| strabismometer | noun (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus. |
| strabismus | noun (n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye. |
| strabotomy | noun (n.) The operation for the removal of squinting by the division of such muscles as distort the eyeball. |
| straddling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straddle |
| adjective (a.) Applied to spokes when they are arranged alternately in two circles in the hub. See Straddle, v. i., and Straddle, v. t., 3. |
| straddle | noun (n.) The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart. |
| noun (n.) The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle. | |
| noun (n.) A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put" and a "call," i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities. | |
| verb (v. i.) To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart. | |
| verb (v. i.) To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub. | |
| verb (v. t.) To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse. |
| stradometrical | adjective (a.) Of, or relating to, the measuring of streets or roads. |
| straggling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straggle |
| () a. & n. from Straggle, v. |
| straggle | noun (n.) The act of straggling. |
| verb (v. t.) To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle. | |
| verb (v. t.) To wander at large; to roam idly about; to ramble. | |
| verb (v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth. | |
| verb (v. t.) To be dispersed or separated; to occur at intervals. |
| straggler | noun (n.) One who straggles, or departs from the direct or proper course, or from the company to which he belongs; one who falls behind the rest; one who rambles without any settled direction. |
| noun (n.) A roving vagabond. | |
| noun (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth. | |
| noun (n.) Something that stands alone or by itself. |
| stragulum | noun (n.) The mantle, or pallium, of a bird. |
| straight | noun (n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush. |
| adjective (a.) A variant of Strait, a. | |
| superlative (superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber. | |
| superlative (superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve. | |
| superlative (superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush. | |
| superlative (superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing. | |
| superlative (superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. | |
| superlative (superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot. | |
| adverb (adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark. | |
| verb (v. t.) To straighten. |
| straightedge | noun (n.) A board, or piece of wood or metal, having one edge perfectly straight, -- used to ascertain whether a line is straight or a surface even, and for drawing straight lines. |
| straighting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straighten |
| straightener | noun (n.) One who, or that which, straightens. |
| straightforward | adjective (a.) Proceeding in a straight course or manner; not deviating; honest; frank. |
| adverb (adv.) In a straightforward manner. |
| straighthorn | noun (n.) An orthoceras. |
| straightness | noun (n.) The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path. |
| noun (n.) A variant of Straitness. |
| straik | noun (n.) A strake. |
| strain | noun (n.) Race; stock; generation; descent; family. |
| noun (n.) Hereditary character, quality, or disposition. | |
| noun (n.) Rank; a sort. | |
| noun (n.) The act of straining, or the state of being strained. | |
| noun (n.) A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles; as, he lifted the weight with a strain; the strain upon a ship's rigging in a gale; also, the hurt or injury resulting; a sprain. | |
| noun (n.) A change of form or dimensions of a solid or liquid mass, produced by a stress. | |
| noun (n.) A portion of music divided off by a double bar; a complete musical period or sentence; a movement, or any rounded subdivision of a movement. | |
| noun (n.) Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style; also, a course of action or conduct; as, he spoke in a noble strain; there was a strain of woe in his story; a strain of trickery appears in his career. | |
| noun (n.) Turn; tendency; inborn disposition. Cf. 1st Strain. | |
| noun (n.) A cultural subvariety that is only slightly differentiated. | |
| adjective (a.) To draw with force; to extend with great effort; to stretch; as, to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship; to strain the cords of a musical instrument. | |
| adjective (a.) To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as forces on a beam to bend it. | |
| adjective (a.) To exert to the utmost; to ply vigorously. | |
| adjective (a.) To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in the matter of intent or meaning; as, to strain the law in order to convict an accused person. | |
| adjective (a.) To injure by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force; as, the gale strained the timbers of the ship. | |
| adjective (a.) To injure in the muscles or joints by causing to make too strong an effort; to harm by overexertion; to sprain; as, to strain a horse by overloading; to strain the wrist; to strain a muscle. | |
| adjective (a.) To squeeze; to press closely. | |
| adjective (a.) To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain. | |
| adjective (a.) To urge with importunity; to press; as, to strain a petition or invitation. | |
| adjective (a.) To press, or cause to pass, through a strainer, as through a screen, a cloth, or some porous substance; to purify, or separate from extraneous or solid matter, by filtration; to filter; as, to strain milk through cloth. | |
| verb (v. i.) To make violent efforts. | |
| verb (v. i.) To percolate; to be filtered; as, water straining through a sandy soil. |
| straining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strain |
| () a. & n. from Strain. |
| strainable | adjective (a.) Capable of being strained. |
| adjective (a.) Violent in action. |
| strained | adjective (a.) Subjected to great or excessive tension; wrenched; weakened; as, strained relations between old friends. |
| adjective (a.) Done or produced with straining or excessive effort; as, his wit was strained. | |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Strain |
| strainer | noun (n.) One who strains. |
| noun (n.) That through which any liquid is passed for purification or to separate it from solid matter; anything, as a screen or a cloth, used to strain a liquid; a device of the character of a sieve or of a filter; specifically, an openwork or perforated screen, as for the end of the suction pipe of a pump, to prevent large solid bodies from entering with a liquid. |
| straint | noun (n.) Overexertion; excessive tension; strain. |
| strait | adjective (a.) A variant of Straight. |
| adjective (a.) A narrow pass or passage. | |
| adjective (a.) A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw. | |
| adjective (a.) A neck of land; an isthmus. | |
| adjective (a.) Fig.: A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits. | |
| superlative (superl.) Narrow; not broad. | |
| superlative (superl.) Tight; close; closely fitting. | |
| superlative (superl.) Close; intimate; near; familiar. | |
| superlative (superl.) Strict; scrupulous; rigorous. | |
| superlative (superl.) Difficult; distressful; straited. | |
| superlative (superl.) Parsimonious; niggargly; mean. | |
| adverb (adv.) Strictly; rigorously. | |
| verb (v. t.) To put to difficulties. |
| straitening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Straiten |
| straitness | noun (n.) The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances. |
| strake | noun (n.) A streak. |
| noun (n.) An iron band by which the fellies of a wheel are secured to each other, being not continuous, as the tire is, but made up of separate pieces. | |
| noun (n.) One breadth of planks or plates forming a continuous range on the bottom or sides of a vessel, reaching from the stem to the stern; a streak. | |
| noun (n.) A trough for washing broken ore, gravel, or sand; a launder. | |
| () imp. of Strike. |
| strale | noun (n.) Pupil of the eye. |
| stramash | noun (n.) A turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. |
| stramazoun | noun (n.) A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword. |
| stramineous | adjective (a.) Strawy; consisting of straw. |
| adjective (a.) Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. |
| stramonium | noun (n.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed. |
| stramony | noun (n.) Stramonium. |
| strap | noun (n.) A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging. |
| noun (n.) Something made of such a strip, or of a part of one, or a combination of two or more for a particular use; as, a boot strap, shawl strap, stirrup strap. | |
| noun (n.) A piece of leather, or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for sharpening a razor; a strop. | |
| noun (n.) A narrow strip of anything, as of iron or brass. | |
| noun (n.) A band, plate, or loop of metal for clasping and holding timbers or parts of a machine. | |
| noun (n.) A piece of rope or metal passing around a block and used for fastening it to anything. | |
| noun (n.) The flat part of the corolla in ligulate florets, as those of the white circle in the daisy. | |
| noun (n.) The leaf, exclusive of its sheath, in some grasses. | |
| noun (n.) A shoulder strap. See under Shoulder. | |
| verb (v. t.) To beat or chastise with a strap. | |
| verb (v. t.) To fasten or bind with a strap. | |
| verb (v. t.) To sharpen by rubbing on a strap, or strop; as, to strap a razor. |
| strapping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strap |
| adjective (a.) Tall; strong; lusty; large; as, a strapping fellow. |
| strappado | noun (n.) A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. |
| verb (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado. |
| strapper | noun (n.) One who uses strap. |
| noun (n.) A person or thing of uncommon size. |
| strapwork | noun (n.) A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced. |
| strass | noun (n.) A brilliant glass, used in the manufacture of artificial paste gems, which consists essentially of a complex borosilicate of lead and potassium. Cf. Glass. |
| strata | noun (n.) pl. of Stratum. |
| (pl. ) of Stratum |
| stratagem | noun (n.) An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination. |
| stratagemical | adjective (a.) Containing stratagem; as, a stratagemical epistle. |
| stratarithmetry | noun (n.) The art of drawing up an army, or any given number of men, in any geometrical figure, or of estimating or expressing the number of men in such a figure. |
| strategetic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Strategetical |
| strategetical | adjective (a.) Strategic. |
| strategetics | noun (n.) Strategy. |
| strategic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Strategical |
| strategical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to strategy; effected by artifice. |
Rhyming Words According to First 3 Letters (str) - Words That Begins with str:
| strategics | noun (n.) Strategy. |
| strategist | noun (n.) One skilled in strategy, or the science of directing great military movements. |
| strategus | noun (n.) The leader or commander of an army; a general. |
| strategy | noun (n.) The science of military command, or the science of projecting campaigns and directing great military movements; generalship. |
| noun (n.) The use of stratagem or artifice. |
| strath | noun (n.) A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore. |
| strathspey | noun (n.) A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune. |
| straticulate | adjective (a.) Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate. |
| stratification | noun (n.) The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers. |
| noun (n.) The deposition of material in successive layers in the growth of a cell wall, thus giving rise to a stratified appearance. |
| stratified | adjective (a.) Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock. |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Stratify |
| stratiform | adjective (a.) Having the form of strata. |
| stratifying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stratify |
| stratigraphic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Stratigraphical |
| adjective (a.) Alt. of -ical |
| stratigraphical | adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence. |
| stratigraphy | noun (n.) That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata. |
| stratocracy | noun (n.) A military government; government by military chiefs and an army. |
| stratographic | adjective (a.) Alt. of Stratographical |
| stratographical | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to stratography. |
| stratography | noun (n.) A description of an army, or of what belongs to an army. |
| stratonic | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an army. |
| stratotic | adjective (a.) Warlike; military. |
| stratum | noun (n.) A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds of other kinds. Also used figuratively. |
| noun (n.) A bed or layer artificially made; a course. |
| stratus | noun (n.) A form of clouds in which they are arranged in a horizontal band or layer. See Cloud. |
| straw | noun (n.) A stalk or stem of certain species of grain, pulse, etc., especially of wheat, rye, oats, barley, more rarely of buckwheat, beans, and pease. |
| noun (n.) The gathered and thrashed stalks of certain species of grain, etc.; as, a bundle, or a load, of rye straw. | |
| noun (n.) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing; a mere trifle. | |
| verb (v. t.) To spread or scatter. See Strew, and Strow. |
| strawberry | noun (n.) A fragrant edible berry, of a delicious taste and commonly of a red color, the fruit of a plant of the genus Fragaria, of which there are many varieties. Also, the plant bearing the fruit. The common American strawberry is Fragaria virginiana; the European, F. vesca. There are also other less common species. |
| strawboard | noun (n.) Pasteboard made of pulp of straw. |
| strawworm | noun (n.) A caddice worm. |
| strawy | adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to straw; made of, or resembling, straw. |
| straying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stray |
| stray | noun (n.) Any domestic animal that has an inclosure, or its proper place and company, and wanders at large, or is lost; an estray. Used also figuratively. |
| noun (n.) The act of wandering or going astray. | |
| adjective (a.) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way. | |
| adjective (a.) To wander from company, or from the proper limits; to rove at large; to roam; to go astray. | |
| adjective (a.) Figuratively, to wander from the path of duty or rectitude; to err. | |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to stray. | |
| verb (v. i.) Having gone astray; strayed; wandering; as, a strayhorse or sheep. |
| strayer | noun (n.) One who strays; a wanderer. |
| stre | noun (n.) Straw. |
| streak | noun (n.) A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein. |
| noun (n.) A strake. | |
| noun (n.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character. | |
| noun (n.) The rung or round of a ladder. | |
| verb (v. t.) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. | |
| verb (v. t.) To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors. | |
| verb (v. t.) With it as an object: To run swiftly. |
| streaking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Streak |
| streaked | adjective (a.) Marked or variegated with stripes. |
| adjective (a.) Uncomfortable; out of sorts. | |
| (imp. & p. p.) of Streak |
| streaky | adjective (a.) Same as Streaked, 1. |
| stream | noun (n.) A current of water or other fluid; a liquid flowing continuously in a line or course, either on the earth, as a river, brook, etc., or from a vessel, reservoir, or fountain; specifically, any course of running water; as, many streams are blended in the Mississippi; gas and steam came from the earth in streams; a stream of molten lead from a furnace; a stream of lava from a volcano. |
| noun (n.) A beam or ray of light. | |
| noun (n.) Anything issuing or moving with continued succession of parts; as, a stream of words; a stream of sand. | |
| noun (n.) A continued current or course; as, a stream of weather. | |
| noun (n.) Current; drift; tendency; series of tending or moving causes; as, the stream of opinions or manners. | |
| verb (v. i.) To issue or flow in a stream; to flow freely or in a current, as a fluid or whatever is likened to fluids; as, tears streamed from her eyes. | |
| verb (v. i.) To pour out, or emit, a stream or streams. | |
| verb (v. i.) To issue in a stream of light; to radiate. | |
| verb (v. i.) To extend; to stretch out with a wavy motion; to float in the wind; as, a flag streams in the wind. | |
| verb (v. t.) To send forth in a current or stream; to cause to flow; to pour; as, his eyes streamed tears. | |
| verb (v. t.) To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts. | |
| verb (v. t.) To unfurl. |
| streaming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stream |
| noun (n.) The act or operation of that which streams; the act of that which sends forth, or which runs in, streams. | |
| noun (n.) The reduction of stream tin; also, the search for stream tin. | |
| adjective (a.) Sending forth streams. |
| streamer | noun (n.) An ensign, flag, or pennant, which floats in the wind; specifically, a long, narrow, ribbonlike flag. |
| noun (n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis. | |
| noun (n.) A searcher for stream tin. |
| streamful | adjective (a.) Abounding in streams, or in water. |
| streaminess | noun (n.) The state of being streamy; a trailing. |
| streamless | adjective (a.) Destitute of streams, or of a stream, as a region of country, or a dry channel. |
| streamlet | noun (n.) A small stream; a rivulet; a rill. |
| streamy | adjective (a.) Abounding with streams, or with running water; streamful. |
| adjective (a.) Resembling a stream; issuing in a stream. |
| stree | noun (n.) Straw. |
| streen | noun (n.) See Strene. |
| street | adjective (a.) Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. |
| streetwalker | noun (n.) A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers. |
ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH STRANG:
English Words which starts with 'st' and ends with 'ng':
| stabbing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stab |
| stabling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stable |
| noun (n.) The act or practice of keeping horses and cattle in a stable. | |
| noun (n.) A building, shed, or room for horses and cattle. |
| stacking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stack |
| () a. & n. from Stack. |
| staggering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagger |
| staging | noun (n.) A structure of posts and boards for supporting workmen, etc., as in building. |
| noun (n.) The business of running stagecoaches; also, the act of journeying in stagecoaches. |
| stagnating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stagnate |
| staining | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stain |
| staking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stake |
| staling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stale |
| stalking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stalk |
| stalling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stall |
| noun (n.) Stabling. |
| stammering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stammer |
| noun (n.) A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration. | |
| adjective (a.) Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering. |
| stamping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stamp |
| () a. & n. from Stamp, v. |
| stanching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stanch |
| standing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stand |
| noun (n.) The act of stopping, or coming to a stand; the state of being erect upon the feet; stand. | |
| noun (n.) Maintenance of position; duration; duration or existence in the same place or condition; continuance; as, a custom of long standing; an officer of long standing. | |
| noun (n.) Place to stand in; station; stand. | |
| noun (n.) Condition in society; relative position; reputation; rank; as, a man of good standing, or of high standing. | |
| adjective (a.) Remaining erect; not cut down; as, standing corn. | |
| adjective (a.) Not flowing; stagnant; as, standing water. | |
| adjective (a.) Not transitory; not liable to fade or vanish; lasting; as, a standing color. | |
| adjective (a.) Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees. | |
| adjective (a.) Not movable; fixed; as, a standing bed (distinguished from a trundle-bed). |
| stapling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Staple |
| starring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Star |
| starching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Starch |
| staring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stare |
| stargasing | noun (n.) The act or practice of observing the stars with attention; contemplation of the stars as connected with astrology or astronomy. |
| noun (n.) Hence, absent-mindedness; abstraction. |
| starling | noun (n.) Any passerine bird belonging to Sturnus and allied genera. The European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is dark brown or greenish black, with a metallic gloss, and spotted with yellowish white. It is a sociable bird, and builds about houses, old towers, etc. Called also stare, and starred. The pied starling of India is Sternopastor contra. |
| noun (n.) A California fish; the rock trout. | |
| noun (n.) A structure of piles driven round the piers of a bridge for protection and support; -- called also sterling. |
| starting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Start |
| () a. & n. from Start, v. |
| startling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Startle |
| starving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Starve |
| starveling | noun (n.) One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment. |
| adjective (a.) Hungry; lean; pining with want. |
| stating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of State |
| noun (n.) The act of one who states anything; statement; as, the statingof one's opinions. |
| stationing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Station |
| statuing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Statue |
| staving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stave |
| noun (n.) A cassing or lining of staves; especially, one encircling a water wheel. |
| staying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stay |
| steading | noun (n.) The brans, stables, cattle-yards, etc., of a farm; -- called also onstead, farmstead, farm offices, or farmery. |
| steadying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steady |
| stealing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steal |
| noun (n.) The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny. | |
| noun (n.) That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural. |
| steaming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steam |
| steamboating | noun (n.) The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats. |
| noun (n.) The shearing of a pile of books which are as yet uncovered, or out of boards. |
| steeling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steel |
| noun (n.) The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v. |
| steening | noun (n.) A lining made of brick, stone, or other hard material, as for a well. |
| steeping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steep |
| steepening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steepen |
| steeplechasing | noun (n.) The act of riding steeple chases. |
| steering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steer |
| () a. & n. from Steer, v. |
| steerling | noun (n.) A young small steer. |
| steeving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Steeve |
| noun (n.) The act or practice of one who steeves. | |
| noun (n.) See Steeve, n. (a). |
| steining | noun (n.) See Steening. |
| stemming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stem |
| stenciling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stencil |
| stenographing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stenograph |
| stenting | noun (n.) An opening in a wall in a coal mine. |
| stepping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Step |
| stereotyping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stereotype |
| sterilizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sterilize |
| sterling | noun (n.) Same as Starling, 3. |
| noun (n.) Any English coin of standard value; coined money. | |
| noun (n.) A certain standard of quality or value for money. | |
| adjective (a.) Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used. | |
| adjective (a.) Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense. |
| stetting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stet |
| stewing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stew |
| sticking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stick |
| () a. & n. from Stick, v. |
| stickling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stickle |
| stiffening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiffen |
| noun (n.) Act or process of making stiff. | |
| noun (n.) Something used to make anything stiff. |
| stifling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stifle |
| stigmatizing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stigmatize |
| stilettoing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stiletto |
| stilling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Still |
| noun (n.) A stillion. |
| stilting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stilt |
| stimulating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stimulate |
| stinging | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sting |
| adjective (a.) Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke. |
| stinking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stink |
| () a. & n. from Stink, v. |
| stinting | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stint |
| stippling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stipple |
| noun (n.) A mode of execution which produces the effect by dots or small points instead of lines. | |
| noun (n.) A mode of execution in which a flat or even tint is produced by many small touches. |
| stipulating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stipulate |
| stirring | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stir |
| adjective (a.) Putting in motion, or being in motion; active; active in business; habitually employed in some kind of business; accustomed to a busy life. |
| stitching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stitch |
| noun (n.) The act of one who stitches. | |
| noun (n.) Work done by sewing, esp. when a continuous line of stitches is shown on the surface; stitches, collectively. |
| stiving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stive |
| stocking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stock |
| noun (n.) A close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually knit or woven. | |
| noun (n.) Any of various things resembling, or likened to, a stocking; as: (a) A broad ring of color, differing from the general color, on the lower part of the leg of a quadruped; esp., a white ring between the coronet and the hock or knee of a dark-colored horse. (b) A knitted hood of cotton thread which is eventually converted by a special process into an incandescent mantle for gas lighting. | |
| verb (v. t.) To dress in GBs. |
| stockading | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stockade |
| stockjobbing | noun (n.) The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber. |
| stomaching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stomach |
| noun (n.) Resentment. |
| stoning | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stone |
| stonecutting | noun (n.) Hewing or dressing stone. |
| stooking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stook |
| stooping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stoop |
| () a. & n. from Stoop. |
| stopping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stop |
| noun (n.) Material for filling a cavity. | |
| noun (n.) A partition or door to direct or prevent a current of air. | |
| noun (n.) A pad or poultice of dung or other material applied to a horse's hoof to keep it moist. |
| stoping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stope |
| noun (n.) The act of excavating in the form of stopes. |
| stoppering | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stopper |
| stoppling | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stopple |
| storing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Store |
| storming | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Storm |
| () a. & n. from Storm, v. |
| storthing | noun (n.) The Parliament of Norway, chosen by indirect election once in three years, but holding annual sessions. |
| storying | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Story |
| stoving | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stove |
| stowing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stow |
| noun (n.) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein. |
| strengthening | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strengthen |
| adjective (a.) That strengthens; giving or increasing strength. |
| strengthing | noun (n.) A stronghold. |
| stretching | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stretch |
| () a. & n. from Stretch, v. |
| strewing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strew |
| noun (n.) The act of scattering or spreading. | |
| noun (n.) Anything that is, or may be, strewed; -- used chiefly in the plural. |
| striating | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Striate |
| striding | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stride |
| striking | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strike |
| adjective (a.) Affecting with strong emotions; surprising; forcible; impressive; very noticeable; as, a striking representation or image; a striking resemblance. | |
| () a. & n. from Strike, v. |
| string | noun (n.) A small cord, a line, a twine, or a slender strip of leather, or other substance, used for binding together, fastening, or tying things; a cord, larger than a thread and smaller than a rope; as, a shoe string; a bonnet string; a silken string. |
| noun (n.) A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged; a succession; a concatenation; a chain; as, a string of shells or beads; a string of dried apples; a string of houses; a string of arguments. | |
| noun (n.) A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together. | |
| noun (n.) The cord of a musical instrument, as of a piano, harp, or violin; specifically (pl.), the stringed instruments of an orchestra, in distinction from the wind instruments; as, the strings took up the theme. | |
| noun (n.) The line or cord of a bow. | |
| noun (n.) A fiber, as of a plant; a little, fibrous root. | |
| noun (n.) A nerve or tendon of an animal body. | |
| noun (n.) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it. | |
| noun (n.) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericap of leguminous plants, and which is readily pulled off; as, the strings of beans. | |
| noun (n.) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein. | |
| noun (n.) Same as Stringcourse. | |
| noun (n.) The points made in a game. | |
| noun (n.) In various indoor games, a score or tally, sometimes, as in American billiard games, marked by buttons threaded on a string or wire. | |
| noun (n.) In various games, competitions, etc., a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc. | |
| noun (n.) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; -- called also string line. | |
| noun (n.) Act of stringing for break. | |
| noun (n.) A hoax; a trumped-up or "fake" story. | |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish with strings; as, to string a violin. | |
| verb (v. t.) To put in tune the strings of, as a stringed instrument, in order to play upon it. | |
| verb (v. t.) To put on a string; to file; as, to string beads. | |
| verb (v. t.) To make tense; to strengthen. | |
| verb (v. t.) To deprive of strings; to strip the strings from; as, to string beans. See String, n., 9. | |
| verb (v. t.) To hoax; josh; jolly. | |
| verb (v. i.) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc. |
| stringing | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of String |
| stripping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strip |
| noun (n.) The act of one who strips. | |
| noun (n.) The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. |
| striping | noun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stripe |
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