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 employ; to apply; to utilize.
To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
To benefit from; to be able to employ or stand.
To consume (alcohol, drugs, etc), especially regularly.
To expend; to consume by employing.
To accustom; to habituate. (Now common only in participial form. Uses the same pronunciation as the noun; see usage notes.)
To exploit.
To consume a previously specified substance, especially a drug to which one is addicted.
To suggest or request that other people employ a specific set of gender pronouns when referring to the subject.
A function; a purpose for which something may be employed.
Occasion or need to employ; necessity.
Usefulness, benefit.
The act of using.
A special form of a rite adopted for use in a particular context, often a diocese.
A slab of iron welded to the side of a forging, such as a shaft, near the end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.
The act of consuming alcohol or narcotics.