To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate. • To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow. • To hit. • To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast. • To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows. • To manufacture, as by stamping. • To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground. • To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds. • To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows. • To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke. • To cause to ignite by friction. • To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate. • To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate. • To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level. • To punish; to afflict; to smite. • To carry out a violent or illegal action. • To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way. • To impinge upon. • To impress, seem or appear to (a person). • To create an impression. • To score a goal. • To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion. • To affect by a sudden impression or impulse. • To steal or rob; to take forcibly or fraudulently. • To borrow money from; to make a demand upon. • To touch; to act by appulse. • To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist. • To take down, especially in the following contexts. • To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.) • To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours. • To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions. • To quit (one's job). • To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.). • To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.). • To set off on a walk or trip. • To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate. • To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into. • To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters. • To make and ratify; to reach; to find. • To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil. • To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top. • To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle. • To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly. • To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler. • To stroke or pass lightly; to wave. • To apply or rub in liniment or ointment; to anoint. • To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle. • To balance (a ledger or account). • To become saturated with salt. • To run, or fade in colour. • To do menial work for an officer.