strong

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not faint or feeble

   a strong odor of burning rubber

2. 2
   adj

   of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection

   `sing' is a strong verb

3. 3
   adj

   having strength or power greater than average or expected

   a strong radio signal

4. 4
   adj

   Capable of producing great physical force.

   a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong

5. 5
   adj

   Capable of withstanding great physical force.

   a strong foundation; good strong shoes

6. 6
   adj

   Possessing power, might, or strength.

   A wise man is strong, yea a man of knowledge encreaseth strength.

7. 7
   adj

   Determined; unyielding.

   The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.

8. 8
   adj

   Highly stimulating to the senses.

   a strong light; a strong taste

Etymology

From Middle English strong, strang, from Old English strang (“strong”), from Proto-West Germanic *strang (“severe, strict, rigorous, strong”), from Proto-Germanic *strangaz (“tight, strict, straight, strong”), from Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- (“taut, stiff, tight”). Cognate with Scots strang (“strong”), Saterland Frisian strang, West Frisian string (“austere, strict, harsh, severe, stern, stark, tough”), Dutch streng (“strict, severe, tight”), German streng (“strict, severe, austere”), Danish and Norwegian streng (“strong, hard”), Faroese and Icelandic strangur (“strict”), Norwegian strang (…