strike

Significat (anglès)

Verb

1. To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
2. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as from a blow.
3. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as from a blow.
4. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as from a blow.
5. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as from a blow.
6. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as from a blow.
7. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as from a blow.
8. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as from a blow.
9. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as from a blow.
10. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as from a blow.
11. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
12. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
13. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
14. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
15. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
16. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
17. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
18. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
19. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
20. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
21. (obsolete,slang) To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
22. (slang) To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
23. To touch; to act by appulse.
24. To take down, especially in the following contexts.
25. To take down, especially in the following contexts.
26. To take down, especially in the following contexts.
27. To take down, especially in the following contexts.
28. To take down, especially in the following contexts.
29. To take down, especially in the following contexts.
30. To set off on a walk or trip.
31. To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
32. To break forth; to commence suddenly; with into.
33. To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
34. To make and ratify; to reach; to find.
35. To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
36. To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
37. To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
38. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
39. (obsolete) To lade thickened sugar cane juice from a teache into a cooler.
40. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
41. (obsolete) To advance; to cause to go forward; used only in the past participle.
42. To balance (a ledger or account).

Noun

1. A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
2. The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
3. A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
4. A blow or application of physical force against something.
5. An attack, not necessarily physical.
6. In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
7. An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
8. The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
9. The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
10. The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
11. An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
12. (obsolete) Fullness of measure; the whole amount produced at one time.
13. (obsolete) Excellence; quality.
14. An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
15. A puddler's stirrer.
16. (obsolete) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmail.
17. The discovery of a source of something.
18. The strike plate of a door.
19. A nibble on the bait by a fish.
20. A cancellation postmark.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/stɹaɪk/

Etimologia (anglès)

From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”).
Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva.