Stroke

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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Transitive verb 1.3 See also

English

Noun

stroke (plural strokes)

1. An act of stroking.

   She gave the cat a stroke.

2. A blow.
3. A line drawn with a pen or pencil.
4. A streak of paint made with a brush.
5. The time when a clock strikes.

   on the stroke of midnight

6. A thrust of a piston.
7. A particular way of swimming.
8. (medicine) The loss of brain function arising when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted.

Synonyms

• (medical sense): cerebrovascular accident , CVA
• (made with a pen): stroke of the pen
• (made with a brush): brushstroke

Translations

act of stroking

French: caresse f

Italian: carezza f

blow

French: coup m German: Schlag m, Hieb m

Italian: colpo m

line drawn with a pen or pencil

French: trait m German: Strich m, seldom: Zug m

Italian: tratto m

streak made with a brush

German: Strich m

time when a clock strikes

German: Schlag m

thrust of piston

way of swimming

French: brasse f German: Zug m

loss of brain function

French: accident vasculaire cérébral m, attaque cérébrale f German: Schlag m, Schlaganfall m

Transitive verb

to stroke (stroking, stroked)

1. To move the hand over the surface of (something) in one direction.

French: caresser

Italian: accarezzare

See also

• at a stroke , at one stroke
• backstroke
• breaststroke
• brushstroke
• butterfly stroke
• different strokes for different folks
• four-stroke engine
• stroke of genius
• stroke of luck
• stroke of work
• two-stroke engine
• Wikipedia article on strokes in the medical sense