strong
strong [-er, -est] adj
OE 'severe, strict'.
- Physically powerful; able to exert great force; [subjective complement for linking verb.]
- Firm; steady; hardy; healthy.
- Secure; able to endure
- Loud; powerful; forceful; resonating; [fig.] sure; certain; committed; confident; full of faith.
- Perfumed; potent-smelling; heavy with floral scent.
- Fit; persistent; most prevailing.
- Powerful; omnipotent.
- Intense; potent; concentrated.
- Constant; everlasting.
- Strenuous; heavy; ponderous; exhausting; enervating; [fig.] bitter; dark with sorrow and sin.
- United; bonded; closely associated.
strong [-er] adv
see strong, adj.
- Unflinchingly; fearlessly; more courageously; with more gusto; with greater intent; with less hesitation; [adjectival complement] more intense in flavor; more bitter to the taste; more potent in content density, as with a beverage like coffee; [fig.] without shrinking, like Christ in Gethsemane.
strong n
see strong, adj.
- Believers; faithful ones.