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English noun: stroke | |||
| 1. | stroke (act) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand | ||
| Samples | It took two strokes to get out of the bunker. A good shot requires good balance and tempo. He left me an almost impossible shot. | ||
| Synonyms | shot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | maneuver, manoeuvre, play | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | baseball swing, break, cannon, carom, cut, cut, golf shot, golf stroke, masse, masse shot, miscue, swing, swing, swipe, tennis shot, tennis stroke, undercut | ||
| Part holonym | follow-through | ||
| Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
| 2. | stroke (event) the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam | ||
| Synonyms | cam stroke, throw | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | instroke, outstroke | ||
| 3. | stroke (state) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain | ||
| Synonyms | apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attack | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke | ||
| Part holonym | cerebral hemorrhage | ||
| 4. | stroke (event) a light touch | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | touch, touching | ||
| 5. | stroke (act) a light touch with the hands | ||
| Synonyms | stroking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | touch, touching | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | caress | ||
| 6. | stroke (quantity) (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club | ||
| Samples | Nicklaus won by three strokes. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | score | ||
| Domain category | golf, golf game | ||
| 7. | stroke (person) the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | oarsman, rower | ||
| 8. | stroke (event) anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause | ||
| Samples | Winning the lottery was a happy accident. The pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck. It was due to an accident or fortuity. | ||
| Synonyms | accident, chance event, fortuity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | break, coincidence, good luck, hap, happenstance, happy chance, lottery | ||
| 9. | stroke (communication) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | ||
| Synonyms | diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, virgule | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | punctuation, punctuation mark | ||
| 10. | stroke (communication) a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush | ||
| Samples | She applied the paint in careful strokes. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mark, print | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | downstroke, flick, underline, underscore, upstroke | ||
| 11. | stroke (act) any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | locomotion, travel | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | swimming stroke | ||
| 12. | stroke (act) a single complete movement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motility, motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | beat, blow, bow, key stroke, keystroke | ||
English verb: stroke | |||
| 1. | stroke (contact) touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions | ||
| Samples | He stroked his long beard. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | touch | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | caress, fondle, lap, lick | ||
| 2. | stroke (competition) strike a ball with a smooth blow | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hit, strike | ||
| 3. | stroke (competition) row at a particular rate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | row | ||
| 4. | stroke (communication) treat gingerly or carefully | ||
| Samples | You have to stroke the boss. | ||
| Examples | Sam cannot stroke Sue | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blandish, flatter | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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