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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Strong \Strong\, a. [Compar. {Stronger}; superl. {Strongest}.] [AS. strang, strong; akin to D. & G. streng strict, rigorous, OHG. strengi strong, brave, harsh, Icel. strangr strong, severe, Dan. streng, Sw. str[aum]ng strict, severe. Cf. {Strength}, {Stretch}, {String}.] 1. Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. [1913 Webster] That our oxen may be strong to labor. --Ps. cxliv. 14. [1913 Webster] Orses the strong to greater strength must yield. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health. [1913 Webster] 3. Solid; tough; not easily broken or injured; able to withstand violence; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as, a strong beam; a strong rock; a strong fortress or town. [1913 Webster] 4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea. [1913 Webster] 5. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants. [1913 Webster] 6. Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong. [1913 Webster] 7. Moving with rapidity or force; violent; forcible; impetuous; as, a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; a strong tide. [1913 Webster] 8. Adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; striking or superior of the kind; powerful; forcible; cogent; as, a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example; strong language. [1913 Webster] 9. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory. [1913 Webster] Her mother, ever strong against that match. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 10. Having virtues of great efficacy; or, having a particular quality in a great degree; as, a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea or coffee. [1913 Webster] 11. Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors. [1913 Webster] 12. Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent. [1913 Webster] 13. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. --Heb. v. 12. [1913 Webster] 14. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief. [1913 Webster] 15. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent. [1913 Webster] He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears. --Heb. v. 7. [1913 Webster] 16. Having great force, vigor, power, or the like, as the mind, intellect, or any faculty; as, a man of a strong mind, memory, judgment, or imagination. [1913 Webster] I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 17. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful. [1913 Webster] Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. --E. Smith. [1913 Webster] 18. (Stock Exchange) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market. [1913 Webster] 19. (Gram.) (a) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See {Weak}. (b) Applied to forms in Anglo-Saxon, etc., which retain the old declensional endings. In the Teutonic languages the vowel stems have held the original endings most firmly, and are called strong; the stems in -n are called weak other constant stems conform, or are irregular. --F. A. March. [1913 Webster] {Strong conjugation} (Gram.), the conjugation of a strong verb; -- called also {old conjugation}, or {irregular conjugation}, and distinguished from the {weak conjugation} or {regular conjugation}. [1913 Webster] Note: Strong is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, strong-backed, strong-based, strong-bodied, strong-colored, strong-fisted, strong-handed, strong-ribbed, strong-smelling, strong-voiced, etc. [1913 Webster] Syn: Vigorous; powerful; stout; solid; firm; hardy; muscular; forcible; cogent; valid. See {Robust}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: strong adj 1: having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man" [ant: {weak}] 2: not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber" 3: having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons" [syn: {potent}, {strong}] 4: having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink" [syn: {potent}, {strong}, {stiff}] [ant: {impotent}] 5: immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with; "an impregnable fortress"; "fortifications that made the frontier inviolable"; "a secure telephone connection" [syn: {impregnable}, {inviolable}, {secure}, {strong}, {unassailable}, {unattackable}] 6: of good quality and condition; solidly built; "a solid foundation"; "several substantial timber buildings" [syn: {solid}, {strong}, {substantial}] 7: of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`sing' is a strong verb" 8: being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor" [syn: {hard}, {strong}] 9: freshly made or left; "a warm trail"; "the scent is warm" [syn: {strong}, {warm}] 10: strong and sure; "a firm grasp"; "gave a strong pull on the rope" [syn: {firm}, {strong}]