Found 3 items, similar to struck.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: struck mengena
English → English (WordNet) Definition: struck strike 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] 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] [also: struck] struck adj : (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; “conscience-smitten”; “awe-struck” [syn: smitten, stricken] struck See strike
English → English (gcide) Definition: Struck Struck \Struck\, imp. & p. p. of Strike. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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[=i]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub, stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[=i]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. [1913 Webster] He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. [1913 Webster] They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts. --Ex. xii. 7. [1913 Webster] Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint. [1913 Webster] 5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep. [1913 Webster] 6. To punish; to afflict; to smite. [1913 Webster] To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity. --Prov. xvii. 26. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] They please as beauties, here as wonders strike. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] How often has stricken you dumb with his irony! --Landor. [1913 Webster] 11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light. [1913 Webster] Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match. [1913 Webster] 13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain. [1913 Webster] Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[oe]dus ferrire, to strike a compact, so called because an animal was struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions. [1913 Webster] 14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. [Old Slang] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. [1913 Webster] 17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail. [1913 Webster] 18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars. [Slang] [1913 Webster] 19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards. [1913 Webster] 20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. [1913 Webster] Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v. 11. [1913 Webster] 21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle. “Well struck in years.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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[=i]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub, stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[=i]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. [1913 Webster] He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. [1913 Webster] They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts. --Ex. xii. 7. [1913 Webster] Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow. --Byron. [1913 Webster] 4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint. [1913 Webster] 5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep. [1913 Webster] 6. To punish; to afflict; to smite. [1913 Webster] To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity. --Prov. xvii. 26. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] They please as beauties, here as wonders strike. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] How often has stricken you dumb with his irony! --Landor. [1913 Webster] 11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light. [1913 Webster] Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match. [1913 Webster] 13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain. [1913 Webster] Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[oe]dus ferrire, to strike a compact, so called because an animal was struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions. [1913 Webster] 14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. [Old Slang] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. [1913 Webster] 17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail. [1913 Webster] 18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars. [Slang] [1913 Webster] 19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards. [1913 Webster] 20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. [1913 Webster] Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v. 11. [1913 Webster] 21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle. “Well struck in years.” --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]