Results for strength

Definitions of strength:

part of speech: noun

Quality of being strong: power of any kind, active or passive: force: vigor: solidity or toughness: power to resist attack: excellence: intensity: brightness: validity: vigor of style or expression: security: amount of force: potency of liquors: a fortification.

part of speech: noun

The muscular power or energy which animals can exert at will; solidity; quality of sustaining or resisting the application of external force; power or vigour of any kind; power of mind; support; spirit; animation; quality of affecting bodies, or of producing sensible effects on them; richness in any character or ingredient, as alcohol in wine; amount of force; military force.

part of speech: noun

The state or quality of being strong; power; muscular force; vigor; power of resistance; toughness; as, the strength of a rope; power to withstand attack; as, the strength of a fort; numbers or amount of any body, as an army; boldness or vigor, as of style; intensity, as of light or color; legal or moral force; as, the strength of testimony; mental or moral power of endurance; as, strength of purpose.

Usage examples for strength:

• Priscilla found that she needed all her strength now that she must soon depend upon herself, and Farwell had nothing more to say but- good- bye! "The Place Beyond the Winds", Harriet T. Comstock

• It would take too much courage, to say nothing of strength "Hand and Ring", Anna Katharine Green

• On the strength of it you gave him this chance. "The Great Miss Driver", Anthony Hope

• Montevarchi had much of his murdered father's manner, without the old man's strength "Don Orsino", F. Marion Crawford