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Noun

str noun

1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.“There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.”
2. (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
3. A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
4. An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

str noun

1. A device or object that works by the operation of steam.
2. A mode of transportation propelled by steam.
3. A babycino (frothy milk drink).
4. A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.

str noun

1. A mug.
2. A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
3. A prostitute's client.
4. A gambler who increases a wager after losing.

str noun

1. A kind of chest for luggage, having a flat or slightly curved top and usually covered in canvas, leather or patterned paper.

str noun

1. Treasure.
2. The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
3. Race; lineage, pedigree.
4. Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.“There is a strain of madness in her family.”

str noun

1. The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
2. A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.“he jumped up with a strain;   the strain upon the sailboat's rigging”
3. An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
4. A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.

str noun

1. A Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but previously 10,000 square Greek feet.
2. The dunam, the Turkish unit of land area derived from the Greek unit.

str noun

1. The quality or degree of being strong.“It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.”
2. The intensity of a force or power; potency.“He had the strength of ten men.”
3. The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
4. A positive attribute.“We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.”

str noun

1. A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
2. Such a structure considered as a substance.
3. Any similar long, thin and flexible object.“a bowstring”
4. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.“a string of sausages”

Verb

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Adjective

str adjective

1. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
2. (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
3. Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
4. Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.

Adjective

str adjective

1. Strained; drawn close; tight.“strict embrace”
2. Tense; not relaxed.“strict fiber”
3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.“to keep strict watch”
4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.“very strict in observing the Sabbath”

Adverb

str adverb

1. In a strict manner.“He adhered strictly to the diet his doctor prescribed.”
2. In a limited manner; only
3. In a narrow or limited sense.“That term refers strictly to smaller birds.”
4. In a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function

Adjective

str adjective

1. Capable of producing great physical force.“a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong”
2. Capable of withstanding great physical force.“a strong foundation; good strong shoes”
3. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.“The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.”
4. Determined; unyielding.“He is strong in the face of adversity.”

Adverb

str adverb

1. In a strong or powerful manner.“In the third race, Renowned Blaze finished strongly to win, paying sixteen dollars.”
2. Very much.“His reply was strongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor.”