stroke

CEFRB2

/stɹəʊk/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    A medical condition caused by interrupted blood flow to the brain.

  2. 02

    verb

    To gently move a hand over something.

Examples

  • The lion put an end to his prey with one stroke.

  • The stroke left his right side permanently damaged.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /stɹoʊk/
  • /stɹʌok/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.

  2. An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.

  3. A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.

More examples

In context

  • I had a stroke last year.

  • Singapore plans to cane scammers and scam mules, with mandatory caning of at least six strokes for scammers and discretionary caning for mules.

  • a stroke on the chin

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”)