STRONG, a. [G., L. The sense of the radical word is to stretch, strain, draw, and probably from the root of stretch and reach.] 1. Having physical active power, or great physical power; having the power of exerting great bodily force; vigorous. A patient is recovering from sickness, but is not yet strong enough to walk. A strong man will lift twice his own weight.That our oxen may be strong to labor. Psalm 144.Orses the strong to greater strength must yield.2. Having physical passive power; having ability to bear or endure; firm; solid; as a constitution strong enough to bear the fatigues of a campaign.3. Well fortified; able to sustain attacks; not easily subdued or taken; as a strong fortress or town.4. Having great military or naval force; powerful; as a strong army or fleet; a strong nation; a nation strong at sea.5. Having great wealth, means or resources; as a strong house or company of merchants.6. Moving with rapidity; violent; forcible; impetuous; as a strong current of water or wind; the wind was strong from the northeast; we had a strong tide against us.7. Hale; sound; robust; as a strong constitution.8. Powerful; forcible; cogent; adapted to make a deep or effectual impression on the mind or imagination; as a strong argument; strong reasons; strong evidence; a strong example or instance. He used strong language.9. Ardent; eager; zealous; earnestly engaged; as a strong partisan; a strong whig or tory.Her mother, ever strong against that match--10. Having virtues of great efficacy; or having a particular quality in a great degree; as a strong powder or tincture; a strong decoction; strong tea; strong coffee.11. Full of spirit; intoxicating; as strong liquors.12. Affecting the sight forcibly; as strong colors.13. Affecting the taste forcibly; as the strong flavor of onions.14. Affecting the smell powerfully; as a strong scent.15. Not of easy digestion; solid; as strong meat. Hebrews 5.16. Well established; firm; not easily overthrown or altered; as a custom grown strong by time.17. Violent; vehement; earnest.Who in the day of his flesh, when he offered up prayers with strong crying and tears-- Hebrews 5.18. Able; furnished with abilities.I was stronger in prophecy than in criticism.19. Having great force of mind, of intellect or of any faculty; as a man of strong powers of mind; a man of a strong mind or intellect; a man of strong memory, judgment or imagination.20. Having great force; comprising much in few words.Like her sweet voice is thy harmonious song, as high, as sweet, as easy and as strong.21. Bright; glaring; vivid; as a strong light.22. Powerful to the extent of force named; as an army ten thousand strong.
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