strike

n. தட்டு, தட்டொலி, தலைதட்டுக்கோல், முகத்தலளவையின் தலை தட்டியளக்கும் மட்டக்கோல், வேலைநிறுத்தம், வாணிகத் திடீர் வெற்றி, குருட்டடிப் புதை வளப்பேறு, நில எண்ணெய் தங்கம் முதலிய அடிநிலவளம் கண்டெய்துவதில் எதிர்பாரா நற்பேறு, வான்தாக்கு, வானத்திலிருந்து செய்யும் தாக்குதல், தாழ்க்குழி, பூட்டின் தாழ்பொருந்தும் குழிவு, தளக்கட்டப் பந்தாட்டத்தில் திட்டமிட்ட பந்தடி முயற்சி, (இழி.) அச்சுறுத்துக்கொள்ளை, அரசயில் சட்டம் கொணர்வதாக அச்சுறுத்திப் பொருள்பறிப்பு, (மண்.) படுகைக் கிடைமட்டவரை, (வினை.) அடி, அறை, கருவிகொண்டு தாக்கு, ஓங்கிவெட்டு, குத்து, கொட்டு, மிதி, மோது, தட்டு, மூட்டு, கப்பல்வகையில் சென்று தட்டுறு, மணிப்பொறி வகையில் அடித்து நேரங்காட்டு, மணிவகையில் அடித்து ஒலியெழுப்பு, மணி அடித்துத் தெரிவி, வெடி ஒலி எழுப்பு, தீக்குச்சுவகையில் தட்டிப்பற்று, தீப்பெட்டி வகையில் தட்டிப்பற்றுவதாயிரு, தீக்கல் வகையில் தட்டிப் பொறியெழுப்பு, வீசி அடி, விசிறி எறி, விசையுடன் அனுப்பு, பந்துவகையில் எட்டியடி, சென்று தட்டுறு, மோதப்பெறு, கையொடு கை தட்டு, வன்முனைப்புடன் சென்று தொடர்புகொள், சென்றெட்டு, சென்றெழுத்து, அழுத்து, அச்சடி, முத்திரை பதியவை, குத்தி உட்செலுத்து, துளைத்து இறுக்கு, உள்திணி, உட்பாய்ச்சு, ஊடுருவிச்செல், வேர்வகையில் பாயவிடு, அச்சம் முதலிய உணர்ச்சிகளை ஏற்றி நிலைகுலைவி, இடையிட்டு நுழை, மனத்தில் பதியவை, மனங்கொள்ளுவி, புலங்கொள்ளுவி, மனத்தில் சென்று பதிவுறு, மனத்தில்படு, புலங்கொளப் பெறு, கருத்தில் தென்படு, கவனத்துக்கு வந்துறு, நினைவுக்கு வா, அடித்தத் தவை, துவைத்துருவாக்கு, தம்பட்டமடி, உருவாக்கு, கருத்துருவாக்கு, கருத்துருவாகப் பெறு, ஆக்கிச் சமை, போலாக்கு, முனைப்பாக வந்து விழு, வந்து மேல்விழு, மின்னல்-இடி வகையில் வந்துவிழு, வந்து நேர்வுறு, தூண்டில் வகையில் மீன்வந்து சிக்கப்பெறு, வலிமையுடன் வந்தடை, அதிர்ச்சியூட்டும்படிவந்தடை, முனைப்பாகப் படு, முனைப்பாகத் தெரிய வரலுறு, திடுமென மேற்கொள், புதிது மேற்கொள், நாடகப்பாணியில் சட்டென மாறுநிலை மேற்கொள், ஆட் புதுப்பழக்கம் நட்பு ஆகியன வந்தெய்தப்பெறு, பாதையில் சென்றெய்து, பாதையில் செல், நாடு, நாடி எழு, நாடித்திரும்பு, புறப்பட்டுச்செல், செயலில் முனை, செய்துமுடி, செய்து நிறைவேற்று, தாவிச்செல், வேகமாகச் செல், பாய்வுறு, தனிப்படக் குறித்துக்காட்டு, நோய் வகையில் பீடித்தல் செய், தொடர மறு, கோடு முதலியன வரை, பெயர்-எழுத்து முதலியனவற்றை அடித்து வெட்டு, அகற்று, வேலை நிறுத்தஞ் செய், தலைதட்டி அள, ஐந்தொகை பார், கணக்கு முடித்துக்காட்டு, சராசரி காண், முறைகாணாயம் ஒப்புருப்படுத்து, இருதிறத்தாரும் சரி எண்ணிக்கை கழிக்கச் செய்து முறைகாணாயம் ஒப்புடையதாக்கு, கொடி தாழ்த்து, சரணடை, கப்பற்பாய் இறக்கு, கூடாரம் இறக்கு, பண்மீட்டி எழுப்பு, இசைக்கருவி மிழற்று.

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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.] Etym: [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS. strican to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub, stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. strihhan, 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. He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer; while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius. Shak. 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. 3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two sideposts. Ex. xii. 7. Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow. Byron. 4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint. 5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep. 6. To punish; to afflict; to smite. To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes for equity. Prov. xvii. 26. 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. 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. 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. Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the first view. Atterbury. They please as beauties, here as wonders strike. Pope. 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. How often has stricken you dumb with his irony! Landor. 11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light. Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a universal peace through sea and land. Milton. 12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match. 13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain. 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. 14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. [Old Slang] 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. 16. (Masonry) Defn: To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. 17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail. 18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars. [Slang] 19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. B. Edwards. 20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 2 Kings v. 11. 21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle. "Well struck in years." Shak. 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 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. Strike, v. i. Defn: To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields. A mouse . . . struck forth sternly [bodily]. Piers Plowman. 2. To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows. And fiercely took his trenchant blade in hand, With which he stroke so furious and so fell. Spenser. Strike now, or else the iron cools. Shak. 3. To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock. 4. To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes. A deep sound strikes like a rising knell. Byron. 5. To make an attack; to aim a blow. A puny subject strikes At thy great glory. Shak. Struck for throne, and striking found his doom. Tennyson. 6. To touch; to act by appulse. Hinder light but from striking on it [porphyry], and its colors vanish. Locke. 7. To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night. 8. To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate. Till a dart strike through his liver. Prov. vii. 23. Now and then a glittering beam of wit or passion strikes through the obscurity of the poem. Dryden. 9. To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run. 10. To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy. That the English ships of war should not strike in the Danish seas. Bp. Burnet. 11. To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages. 12. To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters. 13. To steal money. [Old Slang, Eng.] Nares. To strike at, to aim a blow at. -- To strike for, to start suddenly on a course for. -- To strike home, to give a blow which reaches its object, to strike with effect. -- To strike in. (a) To enter suddenly. (b) To disappear from the surface, with internal effects, as an eruptive disease. (c) To come in suddenly; to interpose; to interrupt. "I proposed the embassy of Constantinople for Mr. Henshaw, but my Lord Winchelsea struck in." Evelyn. (d) To join in after another has begun,as in singing. -- To strike in with, to conform to; to suit itself to; to side with, to join with at once. "To assert this is to strike in with the known enemies of God's grace." South. To strike out. (a) To start; to wander; to make a sudden excursion; as, to strike out into an irregular course of life. (b) To strike with full force. (c) (Baseball) To be put out for not hitting the ball during one's turn at the bat. -- To strike up, to commence to play as a musician; to begin to sound, as an instrument. "Whilst any trump did sound, or drum struck up." Shak. Strike, n. 1. The act of striking. 2. An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle. 3. A bushel; four pecks. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser. 4. An old measure of four bushels. [Prov. Eng.] 5. Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality. Three hogsheads of ale of the first strike. Sir W. Scott. 6. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. [Obs.] 7. The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer. Strikes are the insurrections of labor. F. A. Walker. 8. (Iron Working) Defn: A puddler's stirrer. 9. (Geol.) Defn: The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip. 10. The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing. Strike block (Carp.), a plane shorter than a jointer, used for fitting a short joint. Moxon. -- Strike of flax, a handful that may be hackled at once. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. -- Strike of sugar. (Sugar Making) (a) The act of emptying the teache, or last boiler, in which the cane juice is exposed to heat, into the coolers. (b) The quantity of the sirup thus emptied at once.