STREEK
STREEK, verb transitive To lay out, as a dead body. [Not in use.]
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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STREET
STREET, noun [Latin, strewed or spread. See Strew.]1. Properly, a paved way or road; but in usage, any way or road in a city, chiefly a main way, in distinction from a lane or a...
STREET-WALKER
STREET-WALKER, noun [street and walk.] A common prostitute that offers herself to sale in the streets.
STREET-WARD
STREET-WARD, noun [street and ward.] Formerly, an officer who had the care of the streets.
STREIGHT
STREIGHT, noun A narrow. [See Strait.]STREIGHT, adverb Strictly. [See Strait.]
STRENE
STRENE, noun Race; offspring.
STRENGTH
STRENGTH, noun [See Strong.]1. That property or quality of an animal body by which it is enabled to move itself or other bodies. We say, a sick man has not strength to walk, or ...
STRENGTHEN
STRENGTHEN, verb transitive1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to, either physical, legal or moral; as, to strengthen a limb; to strengthen an obligation.2. To confir...
STRENGTHENED
STRENGTHENED, participle passive Made strong or stronger; confirmed.
STRENGTHENER
STRENGTHENER, noun1. That which increases strength, physical or moral.2. In medicine, something which, taken into the system, increases the action and energy of the vital powers.
STRENGTHENING
STRENGTHENING, participle present tense Increasing strength, physical or moral; confirming; animating.
STRENGTHLESS
STRENGTHLESS, adjective1. Wanting strength; destitute of power.2. Wanting spirit. [Little used.]
STRENUOUS
STRENUOUS, adjective [Latin]1. Eagerly pressing or urgent; zealous; ardent; as a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous opposer of African slavery.2. Bold and activ...
STRENUOUSLY
STRENUOUSLY, adverb1. With eager and pressing zeal; ardently.2. Boldly; vigorously; actively.
STRENUOUSNESS
STRENUOUSNESS, noun Eagerness; earnestness; active zeal; ardor in pursuit of an object, or in opposition to a measure.
STREPENT
STREPENT, adjective [Latin] Noisy; loud. [Little used.]
STREPEROUS
STREPEROUS, adjective [Latin] Loud; boisterous. [Little used.]
STRESS
STRESS, noun1. Force; urgency; pressure; importance; that which bears with most weight; as the stress of a legal question. Consider how much stress is laid on the exercise of ch...
STRETCH
STRETCH, verb transitive [Latin]1. To draw out to greater length; to extend in a line; as, to stretch a cord or a rope.2. To extend in breadth; as, to stretch cloth.3. To spread...
STRETCHED
STRETCHED, participle passive Drawn out in length; extended; exerted to the utmost.
STRETCHER
STRETCHER, noun1. He or that which stretches.2. A term in bricklaying.3. A piece of timber in building.4. A narrow piece of plank placed across a boat for the rowers to set thei...
STRETCHING
STRETCHING, participle present tense Drawing out in length; extending; spreading; exerting force.
STREW
STREW, verb transitive [This verb is written straw, strew or strow; straw is nearly obsolete, and strow is obsolescent. strew is generally used.]1. To scatter; to spread by scat...
STREWED
STREWED, participle passive1. Scattered; spread by scattering; as sand strewed on paper.2. Covered or sprinkled with something scattered; as a floor strewed with sand.
STREWING
STREWING, participle present tense Scattering; spreading over.STREWING, noun1. The act of scattering or spreading over.2. Any thing fit to be strewed.
STREWMENT
STREWMENT, noun Any thing scattered in decoration. [Not used.]
STRIAE
STRIAE, nounplural [Latin See Streak.] In natural history, small channels in the shells of cockles and in other substances.