- 2. Erase, efface, expunge, blot out, strike off.
- 3. Devise, contrive, invent, plan.
- 4. Bring to light.
Strike out. (Neuter.) Rove, wander, make a sudden excursion.
Strike sail. Stop, stop progress, go no farther, cease to advance.
Strike the iron while it is hot. Seize the occasion, let not the opportunity slip, make hay while the sun shines.
Strike up.
- 1. Begin to beat (as drums), cause to sound.
- 2. Begin to play or sing.
Striking, a. Affecting, impressive, surprising, astomshing, wonderful, extraordinary, forcible.
String, n.
- 1. Line, cord, thread, twine.
- 2. Ribbon, fillet.
- 3. Row, file, series, concatenation.
- 4. Chord.
- 5. Fibre.
- 6. Nerve, tendon, sinew.
String, v. a.
- 1. File, put on a string.
- 2. Set in a row, put in line.
- 3. Strengthen, fortify, make firm, make tense.