Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:No, no, no, Lisa. If adults don't like their jobs, they don't go on strike. They just go in every day and do it really half-assed.[Homer Simpson] Quote:If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.[John Rockefeller] Definitions of: strikeDefinition: 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.Definition: To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef. Definition: To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. Definition: To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint. Definition: To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep. Definition: To punish; to afflict; to smite. Definition: 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. Definition: 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. Definition: 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. Definition: 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. Definition: To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light. Definition: To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match. Definition: To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain. Definition: To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money. Definition: 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. Definition: To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. Definition: To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail. Definition: To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars. Definition: To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. Definition: To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. Definition: To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle. Definition: The act of striking. Definition: An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle. Definition: A bushel; four pecks. Definition: An old measure of four bushels. Definition: Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality. Definition: An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence. Definition: The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, usually organized by a labor union, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer. Definition: A puddler's stirrer. Definition: The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip. Definition: The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing. Definition: A sudden finding of rich ore in mining; hence, any sudden success or good fortune, esp. financial. Definition: The act of leveling all the pins with the first bowl; also, the score thus made. Sometimes called double spare. Throwing a strike entitles the player to add to the score for that frame the total number of pins knocked down in the next two bowls. Definition: Any actual or constructive striking at the pitched ball, three of which, if the ball is not hit fairly, cause the batter to be put out; hence, any of various acts or events which are ruled as equivalent to such a striking, as failing to strike at a ball so pitched that the batter should have struck at it. Definition: Same as Ten-strike. |
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