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used of syllables or musical beats

having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"

not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber"

of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`sing' is a strong verb"

having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"

used of syllables or musical beats

having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor"

not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber"

(grammar) of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection; "`go' is a strong verb"

Having active physical power, or great physical power to act; having a power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous.

Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.

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.

Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.

Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.

Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.

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.

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.

Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.

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.

Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.

Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.

Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat.

Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.

Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.

Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.

Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.

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.

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.

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.

Having bodily or muscular force; powerful; having endurance; healthy; vigorous; as, a strong constitution; moving with force; violent; as, a strong wind; striking or convincing; as, a strong wind; striking or convincing; as, a strong argument; very able or capable; ardent; as, strong affections; deeply earnest; as, a strong partisan; deeply rooted; as, strong faith; firm; tough; as, a strong plank; having great resources; having great numbers, or a definite number; as, they marched five thousand strong; not mild or weak; as, strong coffee; containing much alcohol; as, strong drink; showing tense by changing the root vowel; as, strong verbs.

Firm: having physical power: hale, healthy: able to endure: solid: well fortified: having wealth or resources: moving with rapidity: impetuous: earnest: having great vigor, as the mind: forcible: energetic: affecting the senses, as smell and taste, forcibly: having a quality in a great degree: intoxicating; bright: intense: well established.

STRONGLY.

STRONGLY.

Having ample strength; muscular; powerful.

Forceful; violent; energetic; effective.

Firm; stable.

Having power; forcible; solid; well fortified; having resources; impetuous; vigorous; bright; intense.