strange

Less common meanings

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   kind of quarknouncountable

   One of six kinds of quark, heavier than up and down quarks and carrying a property called strangeness.

   Up, down, and strange are the three lightest kinds of quark.

   Of all the quark flavors, strange is the third lightest.

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   adjectiveslang

   Used about a sexual partner who is new to you and outside your relationship.

   He kept chasing strange women instead of staying loyal to his wife.

   He was married, but he still wanted strange women on the side.

   Similarillicit, unfamiliar

   Oppositefamiliar

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   cheating sexnounslanguncountable

   Sex with someone other than your regular partner.

   He left a steady relationship just to chase some strange.

   Friends warned him that looking for strange would cost him his marriage.

   UsageSay some strange or chase strange, without a.

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   adjectiveobsolete

   Not used to something yet, and without experience of it.

   I know thee well; / But in thy fortunes am unlearn’d and strange.

   c. 1605, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”Here, strange means not familiar with, so the speaker knows nothing of his fortunes.

   Similarinexperienced, green, new, raw, fresh

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   adjectiveobsolete

   Cold and distant in the way one acts toward others.

   She may be strange and shy at first, but will soon learn to love thee!

   1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet LetterHere, strange means cool and distant, not friendly at first.

   Good signiors both, when shall we laugh? say, when? / You grow exceeding strange: must it be so?

   c. 1596, William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”Here, strange means distant and cold, so they act unfriendly.

   Similardistant, aloof, reserved, cool, standoffish

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   adjectiveobsolete

   Slow to act and lagging behind others.

   That to his name your barrenneſſe adds rule; / VVho louing the effect, vvould not be ſtrange / In fauoring the cause; looke on the profit, / And gaine vvill quickly point the miſchiefe out.

   c. 1607, [Francis Beaumont; John Fletcher; Philip Massinger], The Tragedy of Thierry King of FranceHere, strange means slow or unwilling, so he would not hold back.

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    verbobsoleteintransitive

    To feel great surprise or wonder at something.

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    verbobsoletetransitive

    To make someone feel distant from another person, or to slowly grow apart from someone.

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    adjective

    Having a special property that some tiny particles in physics carry.
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    adjective

    Describing a pattern in math that keeps moving in a complex, never-repeating way.
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    adjectivearchaic

    Belonging to someone else, not to you.