Meaning of 'stroke' (Webster Dictionary)
- Struck.
- The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a
violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an
instrument or weapon.
- The result of effect of a striking; injury or
affliction; soreness.
- The striking of the clock to tell the hour.
- A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a
stroking.
- A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch
of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.
- Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a
written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an
essay.
- A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack;
a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one;
as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.
- A throb or beat, as of the heart.
- One of a series of beats or movements against a
resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is
accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in
rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.
- The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.
- The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other
oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.
- The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.
- A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done,
produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such
an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master
stroke of policy.
- The movement, in either direction, of the piston
plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump,
in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward
stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a
piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.
- Power; influence.
- Appetite.
- To strike.
- To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the
hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to
caress; to soothe.
- To make smooth by rubbing.
- To give a finely fluted surface to.
- To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.
Meaning of 'stroke' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
Example in sentence:- a good shot requires good balance and tempo;
- he left me an almost impossible shot;
- it took two strokes to get out of the bunker
Meaning (2):
- anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
Example in sentence:- it was due to an accident or fortuity;
- the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck;
- winning the lottery was a happy accident
Meaning (3):
- (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club
Example in sentence:- Nicklaus won by three strokes
Meaning (4):
- a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush
Example in sentence:- she applied the paint in careful strokes
Meaning (5):
- touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions
Example in sentence:- He stroked his long beard
Meaning (6):
- treat gingerly or carefully
Example in sentence:- You have to stroke the boss
Definition
[ imp.]