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Stranger
- noun - an individual that one is not acquainted with
- anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found
Strangle
- verb - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- die from strangulation
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
- prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
Strapado
- noun - a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope
Strapped
- verb - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
- secure (a sprained joint) with a strap
- sharpen with a strap; "strap a razor"
- tie with a strap
- Without,or very short of money
Strapper
- noun - a large and strong and heavyset man; "he was a bull of a man"; "a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got"
Strapple
- - To hold or bind with, or as with, a strap; to entangle.
Strategy
- noun - an elaborate and systematic plan of action
- the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war
Stratify
- verb - develop different social levels, classes, or castes; "Society stratifies when the income gap widens"
- divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society"
- form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies"
- form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses"
- render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds"
Straught
- - imp. & p. p. of Stretch.
Stravaig
- unknown - Scots word meaning to wander aimlessly, meander.