Crossword clues for strove
strove
- Spared no effort
- Made great efforts
- Tried hard to get supper finally in oven
- Tried hard to get last of dinner in oven
- Voters (anag) — made every effort
- Exerted much effort
- Worked mightily
- Put in a concerted effort
- Moved heaven and earth
- Made a valiant effort
- Made a real effort
- Made a concerted effort
- Labored hard
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Strove \Strove\, imp. of Strive.
Strive \Strive\, v. i. [imp. Strove; p. p. Striven(Rarely, Strove); p. pr. & vb. n. Striving.] [OF. estriver; of Teutonic origin, and akin to G. streben, D. streven, Dan. str[ae]be, Sw. str["a]fva. Cf. Strife.]
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To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
Was for this his ambition strove To equal C[ae]sar first, and after, Jove?
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To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth.
--Chaucer.My Spirit shall not always strive with man.
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Why dost thou strive against him?
--Job xxxiii. 13.Now private pity strove with public hate, Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
--Denham.3. To vie; to compete; to be a rival.
--Chaucer.[Not] that sweet grove Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired Castalian spring, might with this paradise Of Eden strive.
--Milton.Syn: To contend; vie; struggle; endeavor; aim.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
past tense of strive (v.).
Wiktionary
vb. (en-simple past of: strive)
WordNet
See strive
Usage examples of "strove".
With all my might I strove to free myself from the bonds laid upon me to hold me to such torment and opened my eyes.
When I was driven by a hunger which seemed as demanding as that of the rats, I strove to choke down bits of the algae, only to feel within each bite the grit which shifted through my poor protection to coat everything within.
He strove to crawl out of the algae into which he had rolled and had made such an effort that he did draw himself free of the growth only to collapse.
That he would be minded to tear a hand from anyone who strove to touch him I well knew.
Now I strove to keep off the demons of despair by humming and thinking of all the old bard had spread before me as a source of knowledge.
The paw he had just put forth to claw his way forward had been noosed by a thick greyish rope of sorts and a second one had snaked out across his body as he strove to use his teeth on that first binding.
There stirs now that which once before strove to break the tie between people and their world.
I tired I dropped cross-legged on the floor and strove to empty my mind, think only of the cats as I had seen them at their festival, and I strove to somehow tap the essence of that memory and make it mine.
My left hand closed about the chain and I swung, feet off the ground, as with my right fingers I strove to unhook my trophy, only too aware now of the menacing sway of the panels about.
I licked the moisture from my fur, strove to put healing tongue to the scratches my attacker had left.
Those the shadow figures strove to avoid, as one flees a poisonous growth.
Her whole body was tense with effort as she strove to move the tall set of shelves.
Though I was not practiced in such matters, I strove, as I had to separate man and beast, to release to her what small aid I could give.
During its destruction it had painted its likeness on the stone, into the stone, for when Yonan strove to pick away at it with the point of his sword he could not scratch a single fragment of the sooty black free.
That answer to her thought was spoken aloud and she nearly sprawled on her face as she strove to swing around to confront the speaker.