STRUT
\stɹˈʌt], \stɹˈʌt], \s_t_ɹ_ˈʌ_t]\
Definitions of STRUT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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To swell; to bulge out.
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To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.
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The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.
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In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof.
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Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie.
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To hold apart. Cf. Strut, n., 3.
By Oddity Software
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A proud or affected step or walk with the head erect; a brace or bar for keeping two parts of a framework from coming nearer together.
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To walk with a pompous or conceited air, or with affected dignity.
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Strutted.
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Strutting.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To walk in a pompous manner: to walk with affected dignity:-pr.p. strutting; pa.t. and pa.p. strutted.
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A proud step or walk: affectation of dignity in walking.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To walk with pompous gait.
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A proud or pompous step.
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A compression-member in a framework, keeping two others apart.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Affectation of dignity in walking:- in roofing, a piece of timber obliquely placed from a king or queen post to strengthen a rafter or horizontal piece; a brace ;-any part of a machine or structure of which the principal function is to hold things apart.
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