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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
strick•en /ˈstrɪkən/USA pronunciation   v. 
  1. a pp. of strike.

adj. 
  1. afflicted by disease, trouble, or sorrow:stricken with polio.
  2. showing the effects of affliction:her stricken features.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
strick•en  (strik′ən),USA pronunciation v. 
  1. a pp. of strike. 

adj. 
  1. hit or wounded by a weapon, missile, or the like.
  2. beset or afflicted, as with disease, trouble, or sorrow:stricken areas; a stricken family.
  3. deeply affected, as with grief, fear, or other emotions.
  4. characterized by or showing the effects of affliction, trouble, misfortune, a mental blow, etc.:stricken features.
strick′en•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
stricken /ˈstrɪkən/ adj
  1. laid low, as by disease or sickness
  2. deeply affected, as by grief, love, etc
  3. archaic wounded or injured
Etymology: 14th Century: past participle of strike

ˈstrickenly adv
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
strike /straɪk/USA pronunciation   v., struck/strʌk/USA pronunciation ;
struck or (esp. for 31-34. ) strick•en;
strik•ing;
 n. 
v. 
  1. to deal (a blow) to (someone), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer: [~ + object]He struck a blow at his attackers.[no object]Suddenly the mongoose struck and the snake disappeared.
  2. to make a planned attack (on) suddenly: [no object]The dive bombers struck at dawn.[~ + object]The bombers struck the oil refineries.
  3. to drive so as to cause impact or to collide:[~ + object]to strike the hands together.
  4. to come into forceful contact or collision with;
    crash into: [~ + object]The ship struck a rock.[no object]Will lightning strike in the same place twice?
  5. to thrust forcibly:[~ + object]She struck a pike into the earth.
  6. to produce by hitting or friction:[~ + object]to strike sparks.
  7. (of a match) to (cause to) ignite by friction: [~ + object]He struck a match and lit the oil lamp.[no object]After the fifth time the match finally struck.
  8. to come (upon) suddenly, as with bad effect: [no object]If disaster strikes, will we have any money left?[~ + object]If disaster strikes us, what will we do?
  9. to reach (the ear) or fall or shine upon, as sound or light does:[~ + object]The bright light struck my eyes.
  10. to enter the mind of: [~ + object]A happy thought struck him.[It + ~ + object + (that) clause]It struck me that I had forgotten to get a gift for the party.
  11. to impress strongly:[~ + object]That particular painting struck my eye.
  12. to impress in a particular manner:[~ + object + as]It strikes me as a ridiculous idea.
  13. to overwhelm emotionally;
    affect strongly:[~ + object* usually: be + struck + with/by + object]He was struck with awe.
  14. to cause to become a certain way:[~ + object (+ as) + adjective]Those lies about her struck me dumb.
  15. to bring about (a feeling) in;
    induce:[~ + object]The Viking longships struck fear into the hearts of the villagers.
  16. to happen upon;
    find;
    discover:[~ + object]The drilling crew struck oil.
  17. to arrive at;
    achieve;
    confirm:[~ + object]The two sides struck a compromise.
  18. to take apart;
    pull down:[~ + object]The army struck camp and marched off early the next day.
  19. to cancel;
    cross out;
    remove:[~ + object]At the last minute he decided to strike that passage from the speech.
  20. Timeto mark or make note of (the time) by or as if by chimes, bells, or the like: [no object]The clock struck at midnight.[~ + a number indicating time]The clock struck 12.
  21. to be indicated by or as if by such chimes, bells, or sounds:[no object]The hour has struck.
  22. to assume or take on the formal character of:[~ + object]The model struck a pose.
  23. to go on strike against (an employer): [~ + object]The workers struck the packing plant.[no object]The workers struck for higher wages.
  24. strike off, to remove: [~ + object + off]to strike names off a list.[~ + off + object]to strike off his name from our list.
    25. strike out: to (cause to) be put out by a strikeout in baseball: [no object]The batter struck out the last two times he was up.[~ + object + out]On the next pitch he struck him out.[~ + out + object]He struck out six batters in a row.[no object] to fail:Every time he tried to get a date with her he struck out.[no object]to make one's way;
    set forth;
    venture forth:struck out on their journey.
  25. strike up, [~ + up + object]
    • to cause to begin performing:She took the fiddle and struck up a tune.
    • to bring into being:They struck up a deep friendship from the first time they met.

n. 
  1. [countable] an act or instance of striking.
  2. a stoppage of activity to force an employer or some authority to agree to demands, or to protest conditions: [countable]a student strike.[uncountable* on + ~]The subway workers went out on strike for six weeks.
  3. Sport[countable] Baseball. a pitch that is swung at and missed.
    4. [countable] the knocking down of all the bowling pins with the first throw of the ball in a frame.
  4. Mining the discovery of a rich mineral deposit:[countable]a gold strike.
  5. a planned attack, esp. by military aircraft:[countable]a combined air and land strike against the occupied island.
Idioms
  1. Idioms have two strikes against one, to be at a critical disadvantage:Without a job or a bank account, I'll have two strikes against me.
  2. Idioms strike home, to deal an effective blow and achieve an intended effect:His argument really struck home and persuaded the jury.
  3. Idioms strike it rich, [no object] to have sudden or unexpected success.


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
strike  (strīk),USA pronunciation v., struck  or  (Obs.) strook* struck  or (esp. for 31–34) strick•en  or  (Obs.) strook;
strik•ing;
 n., adj. 
v.t. 
  1. to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer;
    hit.
  2. to inflict, deliver, or deal (a blow, stroke, attack, etc.).
  3. to drive so as to cause impact:to strike the hands together.
  4. to thrust forcibly:Brutus struck a dagger into the dying Caesar.
  5. to produce (fire, sparks, light, etc.) by percussion, friction, etc.
  6. to cause (a match) to ignite by friction.
  7. (of some natural or supernatural agency) to smite or blast:Lightning struck the spire. May God strike you dead!
  8. to come into forcible contact or collision with;
    hit into or against:The ship struck a rock.
  9. to reach or fall upon (the senses), as light or sound:A shrill peal of bells struck their ears.
  10. to enter the mind of;
    occur to:A happy thought struck him.
  11. to catch or arrest (the sight, hearing, etc.):the first object that strikes one's eye.
  12. to impress strongly:a picture that strikes one's fancy.
  13. to impress in a particular manner:How does it strike you?
  14. to come across, meet with, or encounter suddenly or unexpectedly:to strike the name of a friend in a newspaper.
  15. Miningto come upon or find (oil, ore, etc.) in drilling, prospecting, or the like.
  16. to send down or put forth (a root), as a plant or cutting.
  17. to arrive at or achieve by or as by balancing:to strike a balance; to strike a compromise.
  18. to take apart or pull down (a structure or object, as a tent).
  19. Show Businessto remove from the stage (the scenery and properties of an act or scene):to strike a set.
  20. [Naut.]
    • Naval Termsto lower or take down (a sail, mast, etc.).
    • Naval Termsto lower (a sail, flag, etc.) as a salute or as a sign of surrender.
    • Naval Termsto lower (something) into the hold of a vessel by means of a rope and tackle.
  21. Animal Behavior, Sport[Falconry.]to loosen (a hood) from the head of a hawk so that it may be instantly removed.
  22. Sport[Angling.]
    • to hook (a fish that has taken the bait) by making a sharp jerk on the line.
    • (of a fish) to snatch at (the bait).
  23. to harpoon (a whale).
  24. Building(in technical use) to make level or smooth.
  25. to make level or even, as a measure of grain or salt, by drawing a strickle across the top.
  26. to efface, cancel, or cross out, with or as with the stroke of a pen (usually fol. by out):to strike a passage out of a book.
  27. Currencyto impress or stamp (a coin, medal, etc.) by printing or punching:to strike a medal in commemoration.
  28. to remove or separate with or as if with a cut (usually fol. by off):Illness struck him off from social contacts. The butcher struck off a chop.
  29. Building[Masonry.]to finish (a mortar joint) with a stroke of the trowel.
  30. Timeto indicate (the hour of day) by a stroke or strokes, as a clock:to strike 12.
  31. to afflict suddenly, as with disease, suffering, or death (often fol. by down):The plague struck Europe. Apoplexy struck him down.
  32. to overwhelm emotionally, as with terror or fear;
    affect deeply.
  33. to make blind, dumb, etc., suddenly, as if by a blow.
  34. to implant or induce (a feeling):to strike fear into a person.
  35. to start or move suddenly into (vigorous movement):The horse struck a gallop.
  36. to assume (an attitude or posture):He likes to strike a noble pose.
  37. to cause (chill, warmth, etc.) to pass or penetrate quickly.
  38. to come upon or reach in traveling or in a course of procedure:We struck Rome before dark.
  39. to make, conclude, or ratify (an agreement, treaty, etc.).
  40. to estimate or determine (a mean or average).
  41. to leave off (work) or stop (working) as a coercive measure, or as at the close of the day.
  42. (of a union or union member)
    • to declare or engage in a suspension of (work) until an employer grants certain demands, such as pay increases, an improved pension plan, etc.
    • to declare or engage in a suspension of work against (a factory, employer, industry, etc.) until certain demands are met.
  43. Fine Artto draw (a straight line);
    paint the edge of an area with (a regular, usually straight line).
  44. Lawmakingto choose (a jury) from a panel by striking off names until only the required number remains.

v.i. 
  1. to deal or aim a blow or stroke, as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer.
  2. Militaryto make an attack, esp. a planned military assault:Our troops struck at dawn.
  3. to knock, rap, or tap.
  4. to hit or dash on or against something, as a moving body does;
    come into forcible contact;
    collide.
  5. to run upon a bank, rock, or other obstacle, as a ship does.
  6. to fall, as light or sound does (fol. by on or upon).
  7. to make an impression on the mind, senses, etc., as something seen or heard.
  8. to come suddenly or unexpectedly (usually fol. by on or upon):to strike on a new way of doing a thing.
  9. to sound by percussion:The clock strikes.
  10. to be indicated by or as by such percussion:The hour has struck.
  11. to ignite or be ignited by friction, as a match.
  12. Sportto make a stroke, as with the arms or legs in swimming or with an oar in rowing.
  13. Music and Danceto produce a sound, music, etc., by touching a string or playing upon an instrument.
  14. to take root, as a slip of a plant.
  15. to go, proceed, or advance, esp. in a new direction:They struck out at dawn. They struck toward a new town.
    • Military[U.S. Army.]to act as a voluntary paid servant to a commissioned officer.
    • Military[U.S. Navy.]to work hard: strive (followed by for):He is striking for yeoman.
  17. (of a union or union member) to engage in a suspension of work until an employer or industry meets certain demands.
  18. [Naut.]
    • Naval Termsto lower the flag or colors, esp. as a salute or as a sign of surrender.
    • Naval Termsto run up the white flag of surrender.
  19. [Angling.](of fish) to swallow or take the bait.
  20. Military strike camp, to dismantle and pack up equipment;
    prepare to move on;
    break camp:The army struck camp and moved on.
  21. strike hands, to conclude a bargain, as by shaking or joining hands;
    confirm an agreement:They reached a price satisfactory to both of them, and struck hands on it.
  22. strike home:
    • to deal an effective blow, hit a vulnerable part, or wound critically or mortally:The second arrow struck home.
    • to have the intended effect;
      hit the mark:The sermon on Christian charity struck home.
  23. strike in, to interrupt suddenly;
    intervene:I struck in with a suggestion.
  24. strike it rich:
    • to come upon a valuable mineral or oil deposit.
    • to have sudden or unexpected financial success:She struck it rich in real estate.
  25. strike off:
    • Printingto print:They struck off 300 copies of the book.
    • to remove or cancel, as from a record, list, etc.:His name was struck off the waiting list.
    • to produce rapidly and easily:She struck off several letters and had no more work to do.
    • to depart rapidly:We struck off for the country.
  26. Mining strike oil. See oil (def. 9).
  27. strike out:
    • [Baseball.]to put out or be put out by a strike-out:The pitcher walked two and struck out three. He struck out twice in three times at bat.
    • (of a person or effort) to fail:His next two business ventures struck out.
    • to lose favor.
    • to erase;
      cross out.
    • to set forth;
      venture forth:She struck out on her own at the age of 18.
  28. strike up:
    • to begin to play or to sing:The orchestra struck up a waltz.
    • to set in operation;
      begin:Strike up the band!
    • to bring into being;
      commence;
      begin:to strike up an acquaintance with new neighbors.

n. 
  1. an act or instance of striking.
  2. a concerted stopping of work or withdrawal of workers' services, as to compel an employer to accede to workers' demands or in protest against terms or conditions imposed by an employer.
  3. a temporary stoppage of something.
  4. BuildingAlso called strike plate. a metal plate on a jamb holding the bolt of the lock on a door when closed.
  5. Sport[Baseball.]
    • a pitch that is swung at and missed by the batter.
    • a pitch that passes through the strike zone and is not swung at by the batter.
    • a foul tip caught by the catcher when there are already two strikes against the batter.
    • a foul bunt when there are already two strikes against the batter.
    • a ball hit foul and not caught on the fly when there are less than two strikes against the batter.
  6. Sport[Bowling.]
    • the knocking down of all of the pins with the first bowl.
    • the score so made. Cf. spare (def. 22).
  7. Time[Horol.]the striking mechanism of a timepiece.
  8. Wine[Brewing.]the degree of excellence or strength of beer, ale, etc.
  9. Sport[Angling.]
    • a sharp jerk on the line, made in order to set the hook in the mouth of the fish.
    • a pull on the line, made by the fish in the process of taking the bait.
  10. Currency[Coining.]a quantity of coins struck at one time.
  11. Geology
    • the direction of the line formed by the intersection of the bedding plane of a bed or stratum of sedimentary rock with a horizontal plane.
    • the direction or trend of a structural feature, as an anticlinal axis or the lineation resulting from metamorphism.
  12. Miningthe discovery of a rich vein or ore in mining, of petroleum in boring, etc.
  13. [Mil.]a planned attack, esp. by aircraft, on a target.
  14. have two strikes against one, to be in an unfavorable or a critical position:His age and his lack of education are two strikes against him in his search for a job.
  15. on strike, engaged in a stoppage of work, services, or other activities, as by union workers to get better wages.

adj. 
  1. Militarydescribing a fighter-bomber aircraft designed to carry large payloads at high speeds and low altitudes and also to engage in air-to-air combat.
  • bef. 1000; 1768 for def. 74; (verb, verbal) Middle English striken to stroke, beat, cross out, Old English strīcan to stroke, make level; cognate with German streichen; (noun, nominal) Middle English: unit of dry measure (i.e., something leveled off; see strick), derivative of the verb, verbal; akin to streak, stroke1
strike′less, adj. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Strike, hit, knock imply suddenly bringing one body in contact with another. Strike suggests such an action in a general way:to strike a child.Hit is less formal than strike, and often implies giving a single blow, but usually a strong one and definitely aimed:to hit a baseball.To knock is to strike, often with a tendency to displace the object struck; it also means to strike repeatedly:to knock someone down; to knock at a door.See also beat. 
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged miss.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
strike /straɪk/ vb (strikes, striking, struck)
  1. to deliver (a blow or stroke) to (a person)
  2. to come or cause to come into sudden or violent contact (with)
  3. (transitive) to make an attack on
  4. to produce (fire, sparks, etc) or (of fire, sparks, etc) to be produced by ignition
  5. to cause (a match) to light by friction or (of a match) to be lighted
  6. to press (the key of a piano, organ, etc) or to sound (a specific note) in this or a similar way
  7. to indicate (a specific time) by the sound of a hammer striking a bell or by any other percussive sound
  8. (of a venomous snake) to cause injury by biting
  9. (transitive) to affect or cause to affect deeply, suddenly, or radically, as if by dealing a blow: her appearance struck him as strange, I was struck on his art
  10. ( past part struck, stricken)(tr; passive) usually followed by with: to render incapable or nearly so: she was stricken with grief
  11. (transitive) to enter the mind of: it struck me that he had become very quiet
  12. ( past part struck, stricken) to render: I was struck dumb
  13. (transitive) to be perceived by; catch: the glint of metal struck his eye
  14. to arrive at or come upon (something), esp suddenly or unexpectedly: to strike the path for home, to strike upon a solution
  15. (intransitive) sometimes followed by out: to set (out) or proceed, esp upon a new course: to strike for the coast
  16. (tr; usually passive) to afflict with a disease, esp unexpectedly: he was struck with polio when he was six
  17. (transitive) to discover or come upon a source of (ore, petroleum, etc)
  18. (transitive) (of a plant) to produce or send down (a root or roots)
  19. (transitive) to take apart or pack up; break (esp in the phrase strike camp)
  20. (transitive) to take down or dismantle (a stage set, formwork, etc)
  21. (transitive) to lower or remove (a specified piece of gear)
  22. to haul down or dip (a flag, sail, etc) in salute or in surrender
  23. to attack (an objective) with the intention of causing damage to, seizing, or destroying it
  24. to impale the hook in the mouth of (a fish) by suddenly tightening or jerking the line after the bait or fly has been taken
  25. (transitive) to form or impress (a coin, metal, etc) by or as if by stamping
  26. to level (a surface) by use of a flat board
  27. (transitive) to assume or take up (an attitude, posture, etc)
  28. (intransitive) (of workers in a factory, etc) to cease work collectively as a protest against working conditions, low pay, etc
  29. (transitive) to reach by agreement: to strike a bargain
  30. (transitive) to form (a jury, esp a special jury) by cancelling certain names among those nominated for jury service until only the requisite number remains
  31. strike home ⇒ to deliver an effective blow
  32. to achieve the intended effect
  33. strike it lucky, strike lucky ⇒ to have some good luck
  34. strike it rich ⇒ informal to discover an extensive deposit of a mineral, petroleum, etc
  35. to have an unexpected financial success
 n
  1. an act or instance of striking
  2. a cessation of work by workers in a factory, industry, etc, as a protest against working conditions or low pay
  3. a military attack, esp an air attack on a surface target: air strike
  4. a pitched ball judged good but missed or not swung at, three of which cause a batter to be out

  5. Also called: ten-strike the act or an instance of knocking down all the pins with the first bowl of a single frame
  6. the score thus made
  7. a sound made by striking
  8. the mechanism that makes a clock strike
  9. the discovery of a source of ore, petroleum, etc
  10. the horizontal direction of a fault, rock stratum, etc, which is perpendicular to the direction of the dip
  11. the act or an instance of striking
  12. informal an unexpected or complete success, esp one that brings financial gain
  13. take strike ⇒ (of a batsman) to prepare to play a ball delivered by the bowler

See also strike down, strike offEtymology: Old English strīcan; related to Old Frisian strīka to stroke, Old High German strīhhan to smooth, Latin stria furrow
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