Struck

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},
     {Stricken}({Stroock}, {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.
     str[imac]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,
     stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG.


     str[imac]hhan, 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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Struck \Struck\,
     imp. & p. p. of {Strike}.
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     {Struck jury} (Law), a special jury, composed of persons
        having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by
        striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for
        each party, leaving the number required by law to try the
        cause.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  strike
       n 1: a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad
            work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month
            before it was settled" [syn: {work stoppage}]
       2: an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or
          destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin
          at dawn"
       3: a pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does
          not hit; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls"
       4: a gentle blow [syn: {rap}, {tap}]
       5: a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first
          ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"
          [syn: {ten-strike}]
       6: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and
          marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway
          show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
          [syn: {hit}, {smash}, {smasher}, {bang}]
       v 1: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a
            tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: {hit},
             {impinge on}, {run into}, {collide with}] [ant: {miss}]
       2: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon;
          "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to
          strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
       3: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child
          impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck
          me as odd" [syn: {affect}, {impress}, {move}]
       4: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy,
          opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept.
          1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the
          fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners
          home to win the game 5 to 2" [syn: {hit}]
       5: indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck
          midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck"
       6: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit
          by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when
          he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at
          midnight" [syn: {hit}]
       7: stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are
          striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when
          their demand for better benefits was not met" [syn: {walk
          out}]
       8: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light
          fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The
          light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck
          my ears" [syn: {fall}, {shine}]
       9: attain; "The horse finally struck a pace" [syn: {come to}]
       10: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical
           instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a
           middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments
           struck a sour note" [syn: {hit}]
       11: cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an
           arc"
       12: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old
           tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally
           struck the main path to the lake" [syn: {fall upon}, {come
           upon}, {light upon}, {chance upon}, {come across}, {chance
           on}, {happen upon}, {attain}, {discover}]
       13: produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the
           flintstone"; "strike a match"
       14: remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this
           remark from the record" [syn: {expunge}, {excise}]
       15: cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An
           interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The
           thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck
           with fear" [syn: {hit}, {come to}]
       16: drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist
           on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
           [syn: {hit}]
       17: occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She
           took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the
           orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree";
           "strike a pose" [syn: {assume}, {take}, {take up}]
       18: form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins";
           "strike a medal" [syn: {mint}, {coin}]
       19: smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure"
           [syn: {strickle}]
       20: pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy
           wind struck through our coats"
       21: arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing;
           "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"
       [also: {struck}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  struck
       adj : (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming;
             "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: {smitten}, {stricken}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  struck
       See {strike}

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  STRUCK, pleadings. In an indictment for murder, when the death arises from 
  any wounding, beating or bruising, it is said, that the word "struck" is 
  essential. 1 Bulst. 184; 5 Co. 122; 3 Mod. 202; Cro. Jac. 655; Palm. 282; 2 
  Hale, 184, 6, 7: Hawk. B. 2, c. 23, s. 82; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *243 6 Binn. R. 
  179.