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["a]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.
That our oxen may be strong to labor. --Ps. cxliv. 14.
Orses the strong to greater strength must yield. --Dryden.
2. Having passive physical power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; hale; sound; robust; as, a strong constitution; strong health.
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.
4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as, a strong army or fleet; a nation strong at sea.
5. Having great wealth, means, or resources; as, a strong house, or company of merchants.
6. Reaching a certain degree or limit in respect to strength or numbers; as, an army ten thousand strong.
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.
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.
9. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as, a strong partisan; a strong Whig or Tory.
Her mother, ever strong against that match. --Shak.
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.
11. Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors.
12. Affecting any sense powerfully; as, strong light, colors, etc.; a strong flavor of onions; a strong scent.
13. Solid; nourishing; as, strong meat. --Heb. v. 12.
14. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as, a strong custom; a strong belief.
15. Violent; vehement; earnest; ardent.
He had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears. --Heb. v. 7.
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.
I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism. --Dryden.
17. Vigorous; effective; forcible; powerful.
Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, As high, as sweet, as easy, and as strong. --E. Smith.
18. (Stock Exchange) Tending to higher prices; rising; as, a strong market.
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.
{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}.
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.
Earnings were helped by stronger fee income, wider interest spreads and lower bad debt provisions. Net income in the fourth quarter of 1992 was Dollars 104m (Dollars 1.14 per share), up from Dollars 66m, or 80 cents.
"I think we're coming out of" fiscal 1989 "much stronger as a result of the Nippon sale," Mr. Banks said.
In issuing the new statement, which was stronger than expected, the G-7 nations in effect are betting that they can force currency markets to stop driving the dollar down.
That was bearish for bonds because a stronger economy reduces the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will reduce interest rates.
An even stronger majority, 74 percent, rated lobbyists' ethical performance as "only fair" or "poor." Lobbyists pervade the lawmaking process, representing businesses, unions and other organizations that have an interest in proposed laws.
Grain and soybean futures prices were slightly higher in early trading today on the Chicago Board of Trade, reflecting stronger cash markets for soybeans and improved foreign demand for U.S. grains.
As more stores bring in the fall season's stock, retailers should see much stronger sales, she said.
Burroughs made a hostile acquisition of Sperry, according to Burroughs Chairman W. Michael Blumenthal, because it believed a combination would create a much stronger competitor to industry giant International Business Machines Corp.
His case can be made stronger by reference to the Framers' understanding of the nature of the veto, as indicated by the examples that constituted their experience in the matter.
The moves up are stronger and the moves down are stronger." Mr. Boksen is among a number of small-stock advocates who expect the group to move even higher this year.
The moves up are stronger and the moves down are stronger." Mr. Boksen is among a number of small-stock advocates who expect the group to move even higher this year.
It also proposed giving the state stronger powers to recover from polluters the governmental costs of responding to spills and other environmental emergencies.
We know that it is not normal that a country like ours can live in peace and freedom. We know that we have to work every day so that this construction, Confoederatio Helvetica, can go on and become stronger.
The American Civil Liberties Union takes a stronger stance against E-mail snooping.
A sharply stronger financial rand worked against shares, compounding the day's downward drift as the market struggled for fresh direction.
The market opened a fraction stronger and then proceeded to climb steadily throughout the day, pausing only intermittently on signs of limited profit-taking.
REVERSING a weak start, shares ended stronger across the board helped by a rise in the bullion price.
Mr. Brown tells constituents he supports greater defense spending, though he regularly votes for less; and that he "voted for the stronger death-penalty provisions in the 1988 Drug Act," though he had opposed the death-penalty amendment.
Both moves had long been sought by the Reagan administration, and European officials last week called on the U.S. to reciprocate by showing stronger support for the dollar, whose recent depreciation has hurt foreign concerns selling in the U.S.
Helped by a stronger dollar, Treasury bond prices rebounded yesterday afternoon to wind up with small gains.
While the August borrowing pace was stronger than the 3.4 percent rate first reported last month, it was slower than the 7.8 percent increase posted in July.
It really isn't." In the early 1980s, Leath was a part of the group of conservative Democrats called the "Boll Weevils" that supported a stronger defense and tax reform.
Reagan calls it a prudent response. Says Weinberger: "We do not seek further confrontation with Iran but will be prepared to meet any further military escalation by Iran with stronger retaliation.
"They're saying, 'We're stronger, we're better, we're going to make life harder for all our competitors that are buying banks in Texas," said another banking source.
Iraq also gave even stronger indications it would use the trapped foreigners to try to chip away at international support for sanctions against Iraq and the multinational force deployed in the Persian Gulf region.
"The moves that we're making (will) make our company a stronger company rather than a weaker company," Mr. Conway said.
Otto Loepfe, Swissair's president, says that demand in the second-hand market is stronger for the DC-10 these days than for any other model.
Many bond analysts were expecting job growth of closer to 150,000, and the larger figure indicated the economy may be stronger than expected.
Car sales weakened but stronger light truck buying topped period sales records for some manufacturers in early July.
But one cannot quite dismiss Dr Tronchetti Provera when he claims: 'Italian companies will come out of this period much stronger than before.