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A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) animals with hoofs, especially horses.

Example: There were stalls for fourteen horses in the squire's stables.

(metonymy) All the racehorses of a particular stable, i.e. belonging to a given owner.

A set of advocates; a barristers' chambers.

An organization of sumo wrestlers who live and train together.

A device or object that works by the operation of steam.

A mode of transportation propelled by steam.

A babycino (frothy milk drink).

A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.

A mug.

A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.

A prostitute's client.

A gambler who increases a wager after losing.

A kind of chest for luggage, having a flat or slightly curved top and usually covered in canvas, leather or patterned paper.

Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.

(of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.

Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.

Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.

Treasure.

The blood-vessel in the yolk of an egg.

Race; lineage, pedigree.

Hereditary character, quality, or disposition.

Example: There is a strain of madness in her family.

The act of straining, or the state of being strained.

A violent effort; an excessive and hurtful exertion or tension, as of the muscles.

Example: he jumped up with a strain;   the strain upon the sailboat's rigging

An injury resulting from violent effort; a sprain.

A dimensionless measure of object deformation either referring to engineering strain or true strain.

A Greek unit of land area, now equal to a decare (1,000 m²) but previously 10,000 square Greek feet.

The dunam, the Turkish unit of land area derived from the Greek unit.

The quality or degree of being strong.

Example: It requires great strength to lift heavy objects.

The intensity of a force or power; potency.

Example: He had the strength of ten men.

The strongest part of something; that on which confidence or reliance is based.

A positive attribute.

Example: We all have our own strengths and weaknesses.

Strained; drawn close; tight.

Example: strict embrace

Tense; not relaxed.

Example: strict fiber

Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.

Example: to keep strict watch

Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.

Example: very strict in observing the Sabbath

In a strict manner.

Example: He adhered strictly to the diet his doctor prescribed.

In a limited manner; only

In a narrow or limited sense.

Example: That term refers strictly to smaller birds.

In a manner that applies to every member of a set or every interval of a function

A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.

Such a structure considered as a substance.

Any similar long, thin and flexible object.

Example: a bowstring

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.

Example: a string of sausages

Capable of producing great physical force.

Example: a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong

Capable of withstanding great physical force.

Example: a strong foundation; good strong shoes

(of water, wind, etc.) Having a lot of power.

Example: The man was nearly drowned after a strong undercurrent swept him out to sea.

Determined; unyielding.

Example: He is strong in the face of adversity.

In a strong or powerful manner.

Example: In the third race, Renowned Blaze finished strongly to win, paying sixteen dollars.

Very much.

Example: His reply was strongly suggestive of a forthcoming challenge to the governor.