strong

1. 1

   Capable of producing great physical force.

   • a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong
   • The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.
2. 2

   Capable of withstanding great physical force.

   • a strong foundation; good strong shoes
3. 3

   Possessing power, might, or strength.broadly

   • A wise man is strong, yea a man of knowledge encreaseth strength.
   • Perhaps we grows very strong, stronger than Wraiths. Lord Smeagol? Gollum the Great? The Gollum! Eat fish every day, three times a day, fresh from the sea.
4. 4

   Determined; unyielding.

   • He is strong in the face of adversity.
5. 5

   Highly stimulating to the senses.

   • a strong light; a strong taste
6. 6

   Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.

   • a strong smell
7. 7

   Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.

   • a strong cup of coffee; a strong medicine
8. 8

   Having a high alcoholic content.specifically

   • a strong drink
   • She gets up, and pours herself a strong one. - Eagles, Lying Eyes
9. 9

   Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.

   • a strong verb
10. 10

    Of a form in which the accent is in the leftmost (first) slot allowed in the relevant paradigm, or reflecting an ancestral Proto-Indo-European form in which this was the case, as opposed to tending to shift to the right.Indo-European-studiesespecially

    • PIE strong stems were most frequently in the full grade (e-grade), less often in the o-grade (though more common in thematic nouns and stative verbs) and least often in the zero grade.

1. 1

   Strong people, collectively.pluralplural-only

1. 1

   In a strong manner.not-comparable

   • As a salesperson I always come on strong.

ant. forcelessly · powerlessly · weakly