stroke

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stroke
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Meanings
noun
  • an act of hitting or striking someone or something; a blow.
    E.g. he received three strokes of the cane
  • a mark made by drawing a pen, pencil, or paintbrush in one direction across paper or canvas.
    E.g. the paint had been applied in careful, regular strokes
  • an act of moving one's hand across a surface with gentle pressure.
    E.g. massage the cream into your skin using light upward strokes
  • each of a series of movements in which something moves out of its position and back into it.
    E.g. the ray swam with effortless strokes of its huge wings
  • a sudden disabling attack or loss of consciousness caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain, especially through thrombosis.
    E.g. he was left disabled by a stroke
verb
  • move one's hand with gentle pressure over (a surface), typically repeatedly; caress.
    E.g. he put his hand on her hair and stroked it
  • act as the stroke of (a boat or crew).
    E.g. he stroked the coxed four to victory
  • hit or kick (a ball) smoothly and deliberately.
    E.g. Markwick stroked the ball home

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