Definition of: strength

(strength) noun
1. The quality or property of being strong; power; muscular force; physical vitality.
2. The capacity of material bodies to sustain the application of force without yielding or breaking; solidity; tenacity; toughness.
3. Power in general; operative energy; ability to do or bear.
4. Binding force or validity, as of a law.
5. Vigor or force of style.
6. Available numerical force in a military unit or other organization.
7. Degree of intensity; vehemence: strength of passion.
8. The degree in which a thing possesses its distinctive properties or essential elements; concentration.
9. Potency, as of a drug, chemical, or liquor.
10. Rising prices; firmness of prices.
11. One regarded as an embodiment of sustaining or protecting power; in archaic or poetic use, a fortress. See synonyms under POWER, PROWESS. [OE strengthu <strang strong]