Having active physical power, or great
physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force;
vigorous.
Having passive physical power; having
ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a
strong constitution; strong health.
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.
Having great military or naval force;
powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at
sea.
Having great wealth, means, or resources;
as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
Reaching a certain degree or limit in
respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand
strong.
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.
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.
Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged;
as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
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.
Full of spirit; containing a large
proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong
liquors.
Affecting any sense powerfully; as,
strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a
strong scent.
Solid; nourishing; as, strong
meat.
Well established; firm; not easily
overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong
belief.
Violent; vehement; earnest;
ardent.
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.
Vigorous; effective; forcible;
powerful.
Tending to higher
prices; rising; as, a strong market.
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.
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