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strang

strang is the alternative form of strong.

strang is the simple past of string.

Meaning of strong

Adjective

strong (comparative stronger, superlative strongest)

  1. Capable of producing great physical force.
    • a big strong man; Jake was tall and strong
    Synonyms:
    forceful, powerful
    Antonyms:
    weak, forceless
  2. Capable of withstanding great physical force.
    • a strong foundation; good strong shoes
    Synonyms:
    durable, sturdy, tough
    Antonyms:
    fragile
  3. (broadly) Possessing power, might, or strength.
    • A wise man is strong, yea a man of knowledge encreaseth strength.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 24:5
  4. Determined; unyielding.
    • The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    ardent, zealous, swith
  5. Highly stimulating to the senses.
    • a strong light; a strong taste
    Synonyms:
    extreme, intense
  6. Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
    • a strong smell
    Synonyms:
    rank

See all 29 meanings of strong

Meaning of string

Verb

string (third-person singular simple present strings, present participle stringing, simple past strung or (colloquial) stringed or strang, past participle strung or (colloquial) stringed)

  1. (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
    • You can string these beads on to this cord to make a colorful necklace.
    Synonyms:
    thread
  2. (transitive) To put strings on (something).
    • It is difficult to string a tennis racket properly.
    Synonyms:
    lace
  3. (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
  4. (intransitive) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
  5. To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
    • To be honest, you'd be better off trying to string a Skylark as a Richard's Pipit rather than as a Pectoral Sandpiper.1980, Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie's Little Black Bird Book, page 81

See all 49 meanings of string

Proper noun capitalized: Strang

Strang (countable and uncountable, plural Strangs)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Mayes County, Oklahoma, United States.
  3. A village in Fillmore County, Nebraska, United States.
  4. A settlement in Braddan parish, near Douglas, Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC3678).

Forms of strang

Adjective
comparativestranger
superlativestrangest
Proper noun
pluralStrangs

Words formed from strang

Questions about strang

What does strang mean?
Strang means a surname.
What is strang the alternative form of?
Strang is the alternative form of strong.
What part of speech is strang?
Strang is a proper noun.

Words near strang in the dictionary

  1. strandlopers
  2. strandplain
  3. strands
  4. strandwolf
  5. strandwolves
  6. strang
  7. strange
  8. strange attractor
  9. strange attractors
  10. strange bedfellow
  11. strange bedfellows

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Adapted from Wiktionary: strang (page history and authors); Strang (page history and authors); strong (page history and authors); string (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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