strength : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: strength	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for strength
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
strength n the property of being physically or mentally strong; "fatigue sapped his strength" Antonym(s): weakness capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war; "we faced an army of great strength"; "politicians have neglected our military posture" Synonym(s): military capability, military strength, strength, military posture, posture physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" Synonym(s): force, forcefulness, strength an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte" Synonym(s): forte, strong suit, long suit, metier, specialty, speciality, strong point, strength Antonym(s): weak point the power to induce the taking of a course of action or the embracing of a point of view by means of argument or entreaty; "the strength of his argument settled the matter" Synonym(s): persuasiveness, strength Antonym(s): unpersuasiveness the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength" Synonym(s): intensity, strength, intensity level capacity to produce strong physiological or chemical effects; "the toxin's potency"; "the strength of the drinks" Synonym(s): potency, effectiveness, strength the condition of financial success; "the strength of the company's stock in recent weeks" Antonym(s): weakness permanence by virtue of the power to resist stress or force; "they advertised the durability of their products" Synonym(s): lastingness, durability, enduringness, strength
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strength \Strength\, n. [OE. strengthe, AS. streng[edh]u, fr. strang strong. See {Strong}.] 1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment. All his [Samson's] strength in his hairs were. --Chaucer. Thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty. --Milton. 2. Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to {frangibility}; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like. [bd]The brittle strength of bones.[b8] --Milton. 3. Power of resisting attacks; impregnability. [bd]Our castle's strength will laugh a siege to scorn.[b8] --Shak. 4. That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument. 5. One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security. God is our refuge and strength. --Ps. xlvi. 1. What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing shall be one of our principal strengths. --Sprat. Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptation. --Jer. Taylor. 6. Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea? 7. Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work. And praise the easy vigor of a life Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. --Pope. 8. Intensity; -- said of light or color. Bright Ph[d2]bus in his strength. --Shak. 9. Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids. 10. A strong place; a stronghold. [Obs.] --Shak. {On}, [or] {Upon}, {the strength of}, in reliance upon. [bd]The allies, after a successful summer, are too apt, upon the strength of it, to neglect their preparations for the ensuing campaign.[b8] --Addison. Syn: Force; robustness; toughness; hardness; stoutness; brawniness; lustiness; firmness; puissance; support; spirit; validity; authority. See {Force}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strength \Strength\, v. t. To strengthen. [Obs.] --Chaucer.