Strong
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( superl.) Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.
(2): ( superl.) Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
(3): ( superl.) Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.
(4): ( superl.) Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.
(5): ( superl.) 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.
(6): ( superl.) Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
(7): ( superl.) 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.
(8): ( superl.) 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.
(9): ( superl.) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.
(10): ( superl.) Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
(11): ( superl.) 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.
(12): ( superl.) Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
(13): ( superl.) Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
(14): ( superl.) Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
(15): ( superl.) Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
(16): ( superl.) 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.
(17): ( superl.) Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
(18): ( superl.) 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.
(19): ( superl.) 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.
(20): ( superl.) Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
King James Dictionary [2]
Strong, a. G., L. The sense of the radical word is to stretch, strain, draw, and probably from the root of stretch and reach.
1. Having physical active power, or great physical power having the power of exerting great bodily force vigorous. A patient is recovering from sickness, but is not yet strong enough to walk. A strong man will lift twice his own weight.
That our oxen may be strong to labor. Psalms 144 .
Orses the strong to greater strength must yield.
2. Having physical passive power having ability to bear or endure firm solid as a constitution strong enough to bear the fatigues of a campaign. 3. Well fortified able to sustain attacks not easily subdued or taken as a strong fortress or town. 4. Having great military or naval force powerful as a strong army or fleet a strong nation a nation strong at sea. 5. Having great wealth, means or resources as a strong house or company of merchants. 6. Moving with rapidity violent forcible impetuous as a strong current of water or wind the wind was strong from the northeast we had a strong tide against us. 7. Hale sound robust as a strong constitution. 8. Powerful forcible cogent adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination as a strong argument strong reasons strong evidence a strong example or instance. He used strong language. 9. Ardent eager zealous earnestly engaged as a strong partisan a strong whig or tory.
Her mother, ever strong against that match--
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 strong coffee. 11. Full of spirit intoxicating as strong liquors. 12. Affecting the sight forcibly as strong colors. 13. Affecting the taste forcibly as the strong flavor of onions. 14. Affecting the smell powerfully as a strong scent. 15. Not of easy digestion solid as strong meat. Hebrews 5 . 16. Well established firm not easily overthrown or altered as a custom grown strong by time. 17. Violent vehement earnest.
Who in the day of his flesh, when he offered up prayers with strong crying and tears-- Hebrews 5 .
18. Able furnished with abilities.
I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism.
19. Having great force of mind, of intellect or of any faculty as a man of strong powers of mind a man of a strong mind or intellect a man of strong memory, judgment or imagination. 20. Having great force comprising much in few words.
Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, as high, as sweet, as easy and as strong.
21. Bright glaring vivid as a strong light. 22. Powerful to the extent of force named as an army ten thousand strong.
