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str

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Meaning

  1. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.
  2. (metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.
  3. A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.
  4. An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.
  5. A group of prostitutes managed by one pimp.
  6. A device or object that works by the operation of steam.
  7. A mode of transportation propelled by steam.
  8. A babycino (frothy milk drink).
  9. A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.
  10. The name of various animals.
  11. A racehorse the odds of which are becoming shorter (that is, decreasing) because bettors are backing it.
  12. A mug.
  13. A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
  14. A prostitute's client.
  15. A gambler who increases a wager after losing.
  16. A kind of chest for luggage, having a flat or slightly curved top and usually covered in canvas, leather or patterned paper.
  17. Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
  18. (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
  19. Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
  20. Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
  21. Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
  22. Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
  23. Treasure.
  24. The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.
  25. Race; lineage, pedigree.
  26. Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.
  27. A tendency or disposition.
  28. Any sustained note or movement; a song; a distinct portion of an ode or other poem; also, the pervading note, or burden, of a song, poem, oration, book, etc.; theme; motive; manner; style
  29. The act of straining, or the state of being strained.
  30. A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.
  31. An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.
  32. A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.
  33. The track of a deer.
  34. A Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but previously 10,000 square Greek feet.
  35. The dunam, the Turkish unit of land area derived from the Greek unit.
  36. The quality or degree of being strong.
  37. The intensity of a force or power; potency.
  38. The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.
  39. A positive attribute.
  40. An armed force, a body of troops.
  41. A strong place; a stronghold.
  42. Strained; drawn close; tight.
  43. Tense; not relaxed.
  44. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
  45. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
  46. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
  47. Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
  48. In a strict manner.
  49. In a limited manner; only
  50. In a narrow or limited sense.
  51. In a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function
  52. A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
  53. Such a structure considered as a substance.
  54. Any similar long, thin and flexible object.
  55. A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
  56. A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
  57. A series of items or events.
  58. Capable of producing great physical force.
  59. Capable of withstanding great physical force.
  60. (of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.
  61. Determined; unyielding.
  62. Highly stimulating to the senses.
  63. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
  64. In a strong or powerful manner.
  65. Very much.

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