·noun A strong place; a stronghold.
II. Strength ·noun Intensity;
— said of light or color.
III. Strength ·vt To Strengthen.
IV. Strength ·noun Power of resisting attacks; impregnability.
V. Strength ·noun Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction;
— said of literary work.
VI. Strength ·noun Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea?.
VII. Strength ·noun One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security.
VIII. Strength ·noun Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence;
— said of liquors, solutions, ·etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids.
IX. Strength ·noun The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment.
X. Strength ·noun Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding;
— in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like.
XI. Strength ·noun That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument.