stroke
- stroke
- [[t]stro͟ʊk[/t]]
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strokes, stroking, stroked
1) VERB If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them.
[V n] Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat...
[V n] She walked forward and embraced him and stroked his tousled white hair.
Syn:
2)
N-COUNT: usu
sing If someone has a
stroke, a blood vessel in their brain bursts or becomes blocked, which may kill them or make them unable to move one side of their body.
He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed.
3) N-COUNT: usu pl The strokes of a pen or brush are the movements or marks that you make with it when you are writing or painting.
Fill in gaps by using short, upward strokes of the pencil.
4) N-COUNT: usu pl When you are swimming or rowing, your strokes are the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars.
I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea...
The boatmen accompany the stroke of their oars with the sound of their voices.
5)
N-COUNT: usu
sing,
supp N A swimming
stroke is a particular style or method of swimming.
She spent hours practicing the breast stroke.
6) N-COUNT The strokes of a clock are the sounds that indicate each hour.
On the stroke of 12, fireworks suddenly exploded into the night.
7) N-COUNT In sports such as tennis, baseball, cricket, and golf, a stroke is the action of hitting the ball.
Compton was sending the ball here, there, and everywhere with each stroke.
8)
N-SING: a N of
n A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens.
It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck.
9)
N-SING: a N of
n A stroke of genius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has.
At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.
10)
PHRASE: PHR after
v If something happens
at a stroke or
in one stroke, it happens suddenly and completely because of one single action.
The disease wiped out 40 million rabbits at a stroke...
How can Britain reduce its prison population in one stroke?
Syn:
11)
PHRASE: with brd-neg, V inflects (
emphasis) If someone does not
do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all. [INFORMAL]
I never did a stroke of work at college.
English dictionary.
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Stroke — Stroke, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See {Strike}, v. t.] 1. The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon. [1913 Webster] His hand fetcheth … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stroke — ► NOUN 1) an act of hitting. 2) Golf an act of hitting the ball with a club, as a unit of scoring. 3) a sound made by a striking clock. 4) an act of stroking with the hand. 5) a mark made by drawing a pen, pencil, or paintbrush once across paper… … English terms dictionary
stroke — [strōk] n. [ME, akin to Ger streich, a stroke, OE strican: see STRIKE] 1. a striking of one thing against another; blow or impact of an ax, whip, etc. 2. a) a sudden action resulting in a powerful or destructive effect, as if from a blow [a… … English World dictionary
Stroke — Stroke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strokeed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Strokeing}.] [OE. stroken, straken, AS. str[=a]cian, fr. str[=i]can to go over, pass. See {Strike}, v. t., and cf. {Straggle}.] 1. To strike. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Ye mote with the plat… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stroke — s.n. (Canotaj) Numărul de lovituri de vâslă pe minut; ritmul canotorului. [pron. strouc, scris şi stroc, pl. kuri. / < engl. stroke]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN STROKE STROC/ s. n. (canotaj) numărul de lovituri de vâslă pe … Dicționar Român
stroke — [n1] accomplishment achievement, blow*, feat, flourish, hit*, move, movement; concept 706 Ant. failure, loss stroke [n2] seizure apoplexy, attack, collapse, convulsion, fit, shock; concepts 33,308 stroke [v] … New thesaurus
Stroke — Stroke, obs. imp. of {Strike}. Struck. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stroke 9 — est un groupe de rock alternatif créé en 1989 à San Francisco. Sommaire 1 Histoire du groupe 2 Membres 3 Discographie 4 Charts … Wikipédia en Français
stroke — index calamity, expedient, maneuver (tactic), operation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Stroke — For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). Stroke Classification and external resources CT scan slice of the brain showing a right hemispheric ischemic stroke (left side of image). ICD 10 … Wikipedia
stroke — stroke1 S3 [strəuk US strouk] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(illness)¦ 2¦(swimming/rowing)¦ 3¦(sport)¦ 4¦(pen/brush)¦ 5 at a/one stroke 6 on the stroke of seven/nine etc 7 stroke of luck/fortune 8 stroke of genius/inspiration etc 9¦(hit) … Dictionary of contemporary English
