Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},
   {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than
   stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.
   str[=i]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,
   stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[=i]hhan,
   L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but
   perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a
   row, a furrow. Cf. {Streak}, {Stroke}.]
   1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or
      with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either
      with the hand or with any instrument or missile.

            He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer;
            while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet
      struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship
      struck a reef.

   3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a
      force to; to dash; to cast.

            They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
            two sideposts.                        --Ex. xii. 7.

            Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.
                                                  --Byron.

   4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike
      coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.

   5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in
      the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.

   6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.

            To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes
            for equity.                           --Prov. xvii.
                                                  26.

   7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or
      notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;
      the drums strike up a march.

   8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike
      sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of
      surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to
      strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.

   9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect
      sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,
      with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or
      horror.

            Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the
            first view.                           --Atterbury.

            They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.
                                                  --Pope.

   10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden
       impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me
       favorably; to strike one dead or blind.

             How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!
                                                  --Landor.

   11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a
       stroke; as, to strike a light.

             Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a
             universal peace through sea and land. --Milton.

   12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.

   13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.

   Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[oe]dus ferrire, to
         strike a compact, so called because an animal was
         struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.

   14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
       [Old Slang]

   15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by
       scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the
       level of the top.

   16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the
       face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.

   17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a
       strange word; they soon struck the trail.

   18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck
       a friend for five dollars. [Slang]

   19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.

   20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

             Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand
             over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.
                                                  11.

   21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past
       participle. ``Well struck in years.'' --Shak.

   {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under
      {Attitude}, and {Balance}.

   {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury
      ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain
      number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to
      reduce it to the number of persons required by law.
      --Burrill.

   {To strike a lead}.
       (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.
       (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]

   {To strike} {a ledger, or an account}, to balance it.

   {To strike hands with}.
       (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.
       (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.
           

   {To strike off}.
       (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike
           off the interest of a debt.
       (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a
           thousand copies of a book.

Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},
   {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than
   stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.
   str[=i]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,
   stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[=i]hhan,
   L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but
   perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a
   row, a furrow. Cf. {Streak}, {Stroke}.]
   1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or
      with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either
      with the hand or with any instrument or missile.

            He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer;
            while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet
      struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship
      struck a reef.

   3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a
      force to; to dash; to cast.

            They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
            two sideposts.                        --Ex. xii. 7.

            Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.
                                                  --Byron.

   4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike
      coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.

   5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in
      the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.

   6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.

            To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes
            for equity.                           --Prov. xvii.
                                                  26.

   7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or
      notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;
      the drums strike up a march.

   8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike
      sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of
      surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to
      strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.

   9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect
      sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,
      with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or
      horror.

            Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the
            first view.                           --Atterbury.

            They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.
                                                  --Pope.

   10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden
       impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me
       favorably; to strike one dead or blind.

             How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!
                                                  --Landor.

   11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a
       stroke; as, to strike a light.

             Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a
             universal peace through sea and land. --Milton.

   12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.

   13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.

   Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[oe]dus ferrire, to
         strike a compact, so called because an animal was
         struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.

   14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
       [Old Slang]

   15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by
       scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the
       level of the top.

   16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the
       face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.

   17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a
       strange word; they soon struck the trail.

   18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck
       a friend for five dollars. [Slang]

   19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.

   20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

             Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand
             over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.
                                                  11.

   21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past
       participle. ``Well struck in years.'' --Shak.

   {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under
      {Attitude}, and {Balance}.

   {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury
      ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain
      number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to
      reduce it to the number of persons required by law.
      --Burrill.

   {To strike a lead}.
       (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.
       (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]

   {To strike} {a ledger, or an account}, to balance it.

   {To strike hands with}.
       (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.
       (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.
           

   {To strike off}.
       (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike
           off the interest of a debt.
       (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a
           thousand copies of a book.

Struck \Struck\,
   imp. & p. p. of {Strike}.

   {Struck jury} (Law), a special jury, composed of persons
      having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by
      striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for
      each party, leaving the number required by law to try the
      cause.

Source : WordNet®

strike
     v 1: hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a
          tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" [syn: {hit},
           {impinge on}, {run into}, {collide with}] [ant: {miss}]
     2: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon;
        "The teacher struck the child"; "the opponent refused to
        strike"; "The boxer struck the attacker dead"
     3: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child
        impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck
        me as odd" [syn: {affect}, {impress}, {move}]
     4: make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy,
        opponent, or a target; "The Germans struck Poland on Sept.
        1, 1939"; "We must strike the enemy's oil fields"; "in the
        fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners
        home to win the game 5 to 2" [syn: {hit}]
     5: indicate (a certain time) by striking; "The clock struck
        midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck"
     6: affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely; "We were hit
        by really bad weather"; "He was stricken with cancer when
        he was still a teenager"; "The earthquake struck at
        midnight" [syn: {hit}]
     7: stop work in order to press demands; "The auto workers are
        striking for higher wages"; "The employees walked out when
        their demand for better benefits was not met" [syn: {walk
        out}]
     8: touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light
        fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The
        light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck
        my ears" [syn: {fall}, {shine}]
     9: attain; "The horse finally struck a pace" [syn: {come to}]
     10: produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical
         instruments, also metaphorically; "The pianist strikes a
         middle C"; "strike `z' on the keyboard"; "her comments
         struck a sour note" [syn: {hit}]
     11: cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an
         arc"
     12: find unexpectedly; "the archeologists chanced upon an old
         tomb"; "she struck a goldmine"; "The hikers finally
         struck the main path to the lake" [syn: {fall upon}, {come
         upon}, {light upon}, {chance upon}, {come across}, {chance
         on}, {happen upon}, {attain}, {discover}]
     13: produce by ignition or a blow; "strike fire from the
         flintstone"; "strike a match"
     14: remove by erasing or crossing out; "Please strike this
         remark from the record" [syn: {expunge}, {excise}]
     15: cause to experience suddenly; "Panic struck me"; "An
         interesting idea hit her"; "A thought came to me"; "The
         thought struck terror in our minds"; "They were struck
         with fear" [syn: {hit}, {come to}]
     16: drive something violently into a location; "he hit his fist
         on the table"; "she struck her head on the low ceiling"
         [syn: {hit}]
     17: occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She
         took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the
         orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree";
         "strike a pose" [syn: {assume}, {take}, {take up}]
     18: form by stamping, punching, or printing; "strike coins";
         "strike a medal" [syn: {mint}, {coin}]
     19: smooth with a strickle; "strickle the grain in the measure"
         [syn: {strickle}]
     20: pierce with force; "The bullet struck her thigh"; "The icy
         wind struck through our coats"
     21: arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing;
         "strike a balance"; "strike a bargain"
     [also: {struck}]

strike
     n 1: a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad
          work conditions; "the strike lasted more than a month
          before it was settled" [syn: {work stoppage}]
     2: an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or
        destroy an objective; "the strike was scheduled to begin
        at dawn"
     3: a pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does
        not hit; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls"
     4: a gentle blow [syn: {rap}, {tap}]
     5: a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first
        ball; "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame"
        [syn: {ten-strike}]
     6: a conspicuous success; "that song was his first hit and
        marked the beginning of his career"; "that new Broadway
        show is a real smasher"; "the party went with a bang"
        [syn: {hit}, {smash}, {smasher}, {bang}]
     [also: {struck}]

struck
     adj : (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming;
           "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: {smitten}, {stricken}]

struck
     See {strike}