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2 : a stripe or line (as in the skin)

stri·at·ed muscle noun : muscle tissue made up of long thin cells with many nuclei and alternate light and dark stripes that includes esp. the muscle of the heart and muscle that moves the vertebrate skeleton and is mostly under voluntary control

stri·a·tion noun 1 : the state of being marked with stripes or lines

2 : arrangement of striations or striae

3 : a minute groove, scratch, or channel esp. when one of a parallel series

strick·en adjective 1 : afflicted by or as if by disease, misfortune, or sorrow

2 : WOUNDED

strict adjective 1 : allowing no evasion or escape : RIGOROUS <~ discipline>

2 : free from error : PRECISE

Synonyms

[1] austere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, severe, stern—more at SEVERE

[2] accurate, authentic, exact, faithful, precise, right, true, veracious—more at FAITHFUL

strict·ly adverb : in a strict manner

Synonyms

exactly, precisely, rigidly, rigorously; also carefully, conscientiously, meticulously, scrupulously

Antonyms

imprecisely, inexactly, loosely

strict·ness noun : the quality or state of being strict

Synonyms

hardness, harshness, inflexibility, rigidity, severity, sternness—more at SEVERITY

stric·ture noun 1 : an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage; also : the narrowed part

2 : hostile criticism : a critical remark

Synonyms

censure, denunciation, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, reproof—more at CENSURE

1stride verb strode ; strid·den ; strid·ing : to walk or run with long regular steps

— strid·er noun

Synonyms

file, march, pace, parade—more at MARCH

2stride noun 1 : a long step

2 : a stage of progress

3 : manner of striding : GAIT

stri·dent adjective : harsh sounding : GRATING, SHRILL

strife noun 1 : the state or condition of distrust or enmity : CONFLICT

2 : FIGHT, STRUGGLE

Synonyms

conflict, discord, dissension, dissent, disunity, friction, schism, variance, war, warfare—more at DISCORD

1strike verb struck ; struck also strick·en ; strik·ing 1 : to take a course : GO

2 : to touch or hit sharply; also : to deliver a blow

3 : to produce by or as if by a blow

4 : to lower (as a flag or sail)

5 : to collide with; also : to injure or destroy by collision

6 : DELETE, CANCEL

7 : to produce by impressing ; also : COIN <~ a new cent>

8 : to cause to sound <~ a bell>

9 : to afflict suddenly : lay low

10 : to appear to; also : to appear to as remarkable : IMPRESS

11 : to reach by reckoning <~ an average>

12 : to stop work in order to obtain a change in conditions of employment

13 : to cause (a match) to ignite by rubbing

14 : to come upon <~ gold>

15 : TAKE ON, ASSUME <~ a pose>

16 : to occur to

17 : to dismantle and take away

— strik·er noun

Synonyms

[2] bash, bat, clout, crack, hit, slug, swat

[2] assail, assault, attack, beset, charge, descend, jump, pounce, raid, rush, storm—more at ATTACK

[5] bang, bash, bump, collide, crash, hit, impact, knock, ram, slam, smash, swipe, thud—more at HIT

[10] affect, impact, impress, influence, move, sway, tell, touch—more at AFFECT

[17] disassemble, dismantle, knock down, take down—more at DISASSEMBLE

2strike noun 1 : an act or instance of striking

2 : a sudden discovery of rich ore or oil deposits

3 : a pitched baseball that is swung at but not hit

4 : the knocking down of all the bowling pins with the 1st ball

5 : a military attack

6 : a quality or circumstance that makes achievement unusually difficult

Synonyms

[1] bump, collision, concussion, crash, impact, jar, jolt, shock, smash, wallop—more at IMPACT

[5] aggression, assault, attack, charge, descent, offense, offensive, onset, onslaught, raid, rush—more at ATTACK

[6] disadvantage, drawback, handicap, liability, minus, penalty—more at DISADVANTAGE

strike·break·er noun : a person hired to replace a striking worker

strike·out noun : an out in baseball