stroke

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
2. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
3. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
4. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
5. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
6. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
7. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
8. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
9. A movement similar to that of hitting.
10. A movement similar to that of hitting.
11. (broadly) A movement similar to that of hitting.
12. A movement similar to that of hitting.
13. A movement similar to that of hitting.
14. A movement similar to that of hitting.
15. (broadly) A movement similar to that of hitting.
16. (figuratively) An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.
17. (figuratively) A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.
18. (figuratively) An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.
19. (figuratively) A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.
20. (figuratively) A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
21. (figuratively) A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
22. (figuratively) A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
23. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, figuratively) A single movement of a paintbrush, chisel, pen, pencil, or similar implement; a line or mark made by such an implement.
24. (figuratively) A distinctive expression in a written composition; a touch.
25. (archaic, figuratively) Influence; power.
26. (archaic, figuratively) Influence; power.
27. (figuratively) A masterful or effective action.
28. A sudden interruption of blood supply to the brain, causing minor to major brain damage and possible death.
29. An individual discharge of lightning, particularly if causing damage.
30. An individual social interaction whereby one gives another attention or recognition.
31. (obsolete) The effect or result of a striking; affliction or injury; a bruise or wound; soreness.
32. (obsolete) Chiefly in to have a good stroke: appetite.
33. (obsolete) A sudden attack of any illness, especially if causing loss of consciousness or movement, or when fatal.
34. (obsolete) A bow or pluck of a string or strings of a stringed instrument; also, the manner in which a musical instrument is played; hence, a melody, a tune.

Verb

1. (transitive) To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
2. (transitive) Followed by out or through: to draw a line or lines through (text) to indicate that it is deleted; to cancel, to strike or strike out.
3. (poetic, rare, transitive) Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
4. (rare, transitive) To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
5. (transitive) To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
6. (transitive) Of a rower or a crew: to row at (a rate of a certain number of strokes (“movements of the oar through water”) per minute).
7. (transitive) To act as the stroke (“rower who is nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rowing rhythm for the other rowers”) of (a boat or its crew).
8. (transitive) To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
9. (obsolete, transitive) To depict (something) with a paintbrush.
10. (intransitive) Chiefly followed by out: to suffer loss of brain function when the blood supply to the brain is suddenly interrupted; to have a stroke (noun sense 4).
11. (intransitive) To swim by making co-ordinated movements with the arms and legs.

Verb

1. (transitive) To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
2. (broadly, intransitive, transitive, uncommon, vulgar) To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
3. (also, figuratively, transitive) To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
4. (especially, figuratively, transitive) To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
5. (US, broadly, figuratively, transitive) To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
6. (transitive) To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
7. (transitive) To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
8. (obsolete, transitive) To sharpen (a knife or other cutting instrument) by honing or rubbing it against a surface.
9. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To soothe (someone); also, to flatter or indulge (someone).

Concepts

caresser

coup

accident vasculaire cérébral

trait

apoplexie

caresse

mouvement

attaque d’apoplexie

attaque cérébrale

branler

touche

course

attaque

👊

congestion cérébrale

petit trait

nage

🏊

AVC

raie

rayure

brasse

barre oblique

tripoter

arythmie

brassée

coup de pinceau

coup du sort

frottis

hémorragie cérébrale

infarctus

se peigner

trait de plume

maladie cardiovasculaire

insuffisance vasculaire

trouble cardiovasculaire

trouble circulatoire

trouble cérébrovasculaire

vasoconstriction

Apoplexie

coup du destin

accident

tire-d'aile

aphasie

barre

battement

cadence

cajoler

câliner

congestion

coup de poing

👊

cyanose

Synonymes

blow

caress

fondle

hit

pat

pet

line

rub

apoplexy

touch

strike

knock

beat

cerebrovascular accident

chuck

feel

move

attack

👊

throw

movement

dash

💨

sweep

shot

row

grope

seizure

shock

⚡

bump

thrust

wave

👋

tap

fit

massage

💆

iron

streak

percussion

slash

cut

scratch

stripe

swing

apoplectic fit

paddle

slam

separatrix

cuddle

lash

motion

slap

hug

Traductions

Schlag

acariciar

Strich

accarezzare

colpo

Schlaganfall

streicheln

slag

golpe

aaien

strelen

ictus

pancada

cop

brazada

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stɹəʊk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: strok

Hérité de ancien anglais: strāc

Appartenant à allemand: Streich

Appartenant à Middle Low German: strēk

Appartenant à écossais: strak

Appartenant à allemand: streicheln

Appartenant à Middle Low German: strēken

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: strēken

Appartenant à néerlandais: streeken

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: strīhhan

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: strīchen

Appartenant à allemand: streichen

Appartenant à saterlandais: strookje

Appartenant à frison occidental: streakje

In summary

The noun is derived from Middle English strok, stroke (“blow from a weapon, cut”), from Old English strāc, from Proto-West Germanic *straik, from Proto-Germanic *straikaz (“stroke”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to rub, stroke; to shear; to strike”).
Sense 3.6.2.2 (“the oblique, slash, or virgule (‘/’)”) is a contraction of oblique stroke, a variant of oblique which was originally used in telegraphy.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Cognates
* German Streich (“stroke”)
* Middle Low German strēk (“stroke, trick, prank”)
* Scots strak, strake, straik (“blow, stroke”)