To touch; to act by appulse.
To hit.
To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
To create an impression.
To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
To balance (a ledger or account).
To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
To impress, seem or appear (to).
To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
To impinge upon.
To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
To manufacture, as by stamping.
To make and ratify.
To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
To cause to ignite by friction.
To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
To set off on a walk or trip.
To score a goal.
To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
To punish; to afflict; to smite.
To carry out a violent or illegal action.
To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
A nibble on the bait by a fish.
In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
The strike plate of a door.
A cancellation postmark.
An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
A blow or application of physical force against something.
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
The discovery of a source of something.
A puddler's stirrer.
To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
To make intimate physical contact with a person.
To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (on or upon something).
To make physical contact with; to bring the hand, finger or other part of the body into contact with.
To perform, as a tune; to play.
To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact.
To come into (involuntary) contact with; to meet or intersect.
To concern, to have to do with.
To make physical contact with a thing.
To lay hands on (someone suffering from scrofula) as a form of cure, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs.
To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
To imbue or endow with a specific quality.
To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
To bring (a sail) so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
To physically disturb; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to harm through contact.
To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
To give royal assent to by touching it with the sceptre.
To be on the level of; to approach in excellence or quality.
Of a ship or its passengers: to land, to make a short stop (at).
To physically affect in specific ways implied by context.
To consume, or otherwise use.
To sexually excite with the fingers; to finger or masturbate.
To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
To affect emotionally; to bring about tender or painful feelings in.
To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
To obtain money from, usually by borrowing (from a friend).
To disturb the mental functions of; to make somewhat insane; often followed with "in the head".
To come close to; to approach.
The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
The children's game of tag.
A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
An act of borrowing or stealing something.
The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
A little bit; a small amount.
A relationship of close communication or understanding.
Form; standard of performance.