- 3. Exact, accurate, precise, very nice, careful, scrupulous, particular, close.
- 4. Severe, rigorous, stringent, stern, austere, harsh, uncompromising, strait-laced.
- 5. Confined, limited, restricted, exact.
Stricture, n.
- 1. Animadversion, censure, criticism, critical remark.
- 2. (Med.) Contraction (of some duct, as the œsophagus), drawing.
Stride, n. Long step.
Stride, v. n. Take long steps.
Stride, v. a. Bestride.
Stridor, n. [L.] Grating, creaking, jarring, harsh sound.
Stridulous, a. Grating, harsh, creaking.
Strife, n.
- 1. Contention, contest, conflict, struggle, quarrel, discord.
- 2. Contrariety, opposition, disagreement.
- 3. Emulation, competition.
Strike, v. a.
- 1. Smite, beat, hit, knock, pound, give a blow to.
- 2. Slap, smite, buffet, beat, pound, thump, cuff.
- 3. Cast, dash, hurl.
- 4. Impress, imprint, stamp.
- 5. Mint, coin.
- 6. Thrust, shoot.