stroke

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “a stroke on the chin”

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

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

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

   “[W]hen a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor, to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a ſtroke with the axe to cut downe the tree, and the head ſlippeth from the helue, and lighteth vpon his neighbour that he die, he ſhall flee vnto one of thoſe cities, and liue: […]”

4. isim The hitting of a bell or similar by the clapper or hammer of a clock; the sound thereof; the time when this occurs.

   “on the stroke of midnight”

5. isim The action of hitting the ball with the bat; a shot.
6. isim A single act of striking at the ball with a club; also, at matchplay, a shot deducted from a player's score at a hole as a result of a handicapping system.
7. isim A point awarded to a player in case of interference or obstruction by the opponent.
8. isim The hitting of a ball with a racket; also, the movement of the racket and arm that produces that impact.
9. isim One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.

   “the stroke of a bird’s wing in flying”

10. isim The movement of an oar or paddle through water: either the cycle of movement as a whole, or the propelling phase (as opposed to the return); the manner in which such movements are made; a rowing style.
11. isim The rower nearest the stern of the boat, the movement of whose oar sets the rhythm for the other rowers; the position in the boat occupied by this rower.
12. isim A movement of the arms and legs which propels a swimmer through the water; a specific combination of such movements, constituting a swimming style.

    “butterfly stroke”

13. isim A beat or throb, as of the heart or pulse.

    “[I]n true marriage lies / Nor equal, nor unequal: each fulfils / Defect in each, and always thought in thought, / Purpose in purpose, will in will, they grow, / The single pure and perfect animal, / The two-cell'd heart beating, with one full stroke / Life.”

14. isim A single movement or thrust of a reciprocating device (such as a piston or connecting rod).

    “For the pistons of a four-stroke engine, the exhaust stroke follows the power stroke.”

15. isim The length of this movement.

    “The bore times the stroke times the number of cylinders equals displacement.”

16. isim A thrust of the penis during sexual intercourse.
17. isim An act causing hurt or death, especially when seen as divine punishment.

    “the stroke of death”

18. isim A damaging occurrence, especially if sudden; a blow, a calamity.

    “The Abp. [Archbishop] of York [John Dolben] now died of yᵉ small pox, aged 62, a corpulent man. […] I looke on this as a greate stroke to yᵉ poore Church of England, now in this defecting period.”

19. isim An amount of work; specifically, a large amount of business or work.

    “a stroke of business”

20. isim A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done or produced; also, something accomplished by such an effort; an achievement, a feat.

    “a stroke of genius”

21. fiil To draw the horizontal line across the upright part (of the letter t).
22. fiil 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.
23. fiil Of a bell or clock: to chime or sound to indicate (the hour, the time, etc.).
24. fiil To mark (something) with lines or stripes; to stripe.
25. fiil To hit or kick (the ball) with a flowing or smooth motion; also, to score (a goal, a point, etc.) by doing so.
26. fiil 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).
27. fiil 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).

    “to stroke a boat”

28. fiil To strike (the water) with one's arms and legs when swimming.
29. fiil To lengthen the stroke of (an engine) by installing a crankshaft with longer throws.

    “Yes, it's 'only' a small block, but it’s got some tricks up its sleeve — it's been bored, stroked, ported, polished, and fuel-injected.”

30. fiil To depict (something) with a paintbrush.