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stroke
Overview of noun stroke
The noun stroke has 10 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (3) stroke, shot -- ((sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot")
2. (2) throw, stroke, cam stroke -- (the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam)
3. (1) stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA -- (a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain)
4. (1) stroke -- (a light touch)
5. (1) stroke, stroking -- (a light touch with the hands)
6. stroke -- (the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew)
7. solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix -- (a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information)
8. stroke -- (a mark made by a writing implement (as in cursive writing))
9. stroke -- (any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing)
10. stroke -- (a single complete movement)
Overview of verb stroke
The verb stroke has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) stroke, fondle -- (touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard")
2. (1) stroke -- (strike a ball with a smooth blow)
3. stroke -- (row at a particular rate)
4. stroke -- (treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stroke
10 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, shot
=> maneuver, manoeuvre, play
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
throw, stroke, cam stroke
=> movement, motion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
=> attack
=> affliction
=> trouble
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
stroke
=> touch, touching
=> contact, impinging, striking
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
stroke, stroking
=> touch, touching
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
stroke
=> oarsman, rower
=> boatman, boater, waterman
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 7
solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
=> punctuation, punctuation mark
=> mark
=> written symbol, printed symbol
=> symbol
=> signal, signaling, sign
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 8
stroke
=> mark, print
=> indication, indicant
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
stroke
=> locomotion, travel
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 10
stroke
=> motion, movement, move, motility
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun stroke
7 of 10 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, shot
=> break
=> carom, cannon
=> masse, masse shot
=> miscue
=> cut, undercut
=> swipe
=> tennis stroke, tennis shot
=> baseball swing, swing, cut
=> golf stroke, golf shot, swing
Sense 2
throw, stroke, cam stroke
=> instroke
=> outstroke
Sense 3
stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
=> ischemic stroke, ischaemic stroke
=> hemorrhagic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke
Sense 5
stroke, stroking
=> caress
Sense 8
stroke
=> downstroke
=> upstroke
=> underscore, underline
Sense 9
stroke
=> swimming stroke
Sense 10
stroke
=> beat
=> bow
=> blow
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stroke
10 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, shot
=> maneuver, manoeuvre, play
Sense 2
throw, stroke, cam stroke
=> movement, motion
Sense 3
stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
=> attack
Sense 4
stroke
=> touch, touching
Sense 5
stroke, stroking
=> touch, touching
Sense 6
stroke
=> oarsman, rower
Sense 7
solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
=> punctuation, punctuation mark
Sense 8
stroke
=> mark, print
Sense 9
stroke
=> locomotion, travel
Sense 10
stroke
=> motion, movement, move, motility
Antonyms of noun stroke
Member Holonyms of noun stroke
Substance Holonyms of noun stroke
Part Holonyms of noun stroke
Member Meronyms of noun stroke
Substance Meronyms of noun stroke
Part Meronyms of noun stroke
2 of 10 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, shot
HAS PART: follow-through
Sense 3
stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
HAS PART: cerebral hemorrhage
Meronyms of noun stroke
2 of 10 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, shot
HAS PART: follow-through
Sense 3
stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
HAS PART: cerebral hemorrhage
Holonyms of noun stroke
Attributes of noun stroke
Derived Forms of noun stroke
4 of 10 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, shot
RELATED TO>(verb) stroke#2
=> stroke
Sense 4
stroke
RELATED TO>(verb) stroke#1
=> stroke, fondle
Sense 5
stroke, stroking
RELATED TO>(verb) stroke#1
=> stroke, fondle
Sense 6
stroke
RELATED TO>(verb) stroke#3
=> stroke
Domain of noun stroke
1 of 10 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, shot
TOPIC>(noun) sport#1, athletics#1
Domain Terms of noun stroke
Familiarity of noun stroke
stroke used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =10)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun stroke
10 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, shot
> maneuver, manoeuvre, play
=> takeaway
=> figure
=> completion, pass completion
=> ball hawking
=> assist
=> icing, icing the puck
=> jugglery
=> obstruction
=> baseball play
=> footwork
=> stroke, shot
=> safety blitz, linebacker blitzing, blitz
=> mousetrap, trap play
Sense 2
throw, stroke, cam stroke
> movement, motion
=> crustal movement, tectonic movement
=> approach, approaching
=> passing, passage
=> deflection, deflexion
=> bending, bend
=> change of location, travel
=> wave, undulation
=> jitter
=> periodic motion, periodic movement
=> heave
=> recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
=> recoil, kick
=> seek
=> squeeze, wring
=> throw, stroke, cam stroke
=> turning, turn
=> twist, wrench
=> undulation
=> wave, moving ridge
=> wobble
=> whirl, commotion
=> Brownian movement, Brownian motion, pedesis
Sense 3
stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
> attack
=> anxiety attack
=> flare
=> seizure, ictus, raptus
=> touch, spot
=> stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
=> paroxysm, fit, convulsion
=> hysterics
=> occlusion
=> heart attack
Sense 4
stroke
> touch, touching
=> brush, light touch
=> stroke
Sense 5
stroke, stroking
> touch, touching
=> contact, physical contact
=> tap, pat, dab
=> hit, hitting, striking
=> dig, jab
=> kiss
=> kiss, buss, osculation
=> catch, grab, snatch, snap
=> handling, manipulation
=> fingering
=> grope
=> palpation, tactual exploration
=> tickle, tickling, titillation
=> stroke, stroking
=> tag
=> lick, lap
=> grazing, shaving, skimming
Sense 6
stroke
> oarsman, rower
=> oarswoman
=> sculler
=> stroke
Sense 7
solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
> punctuation, punctuation mark
=> ampersand
=> apostrophe
=> brace
=> bracket, square bracket
=> bracket, angle bracket
=> colon
=> comma
=> exclamation mark, exclamation point
=> hyphen, dash
=> parenthesis
=> period, point, full stop, stop, full point
=> question mark, interrogation point
=> quotation mark, quote, inverted comma
=> semicolon
=> solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
=> swung dash
Sense 8
stroke
> mark, print
=> footprint, footmark, step
=> trace
=> mintmark
=> stroke
=> hoofprint, hoof mark, hoof-mark
=> line
=> line
Sense 9
stroke
> locomotion, travel
=> brachiation
=> walk, walking
=> step
=> gait
=> run, running
=> jog, trot, lope
=> crawl, crawling, creep, creeping
=> lap, circle, circuit
=> dance step, step
=> stroke
Sense 10
stroke
> motion, movement, move, motility
=> abduction
=> adduction
=> agitation
=> body English
=> circumduction
=> disturbance
=> fetal movement, foetal movement
=> flit, dart
=> gesture
=> headshake, headshaking
=> inclination, inclining
=> inversion, eversion, everting
=> inversion, upending
=> jerk, jerking, jolt, saccade
=> kick, kicking
=> kneel, kneeling
=> lurch, pitch, pitching
=> eye movement
=> opening
=> prostration
=> reach, reaching, stretch
=> reciprocation
=> reclining
=> retraction
=> retroflection, retroflexion
=> rotation, rotary motion
=> shutting, closing
=> sitting
=> sitting, posing
=> snap
=> squat, squatting
=> sweep
=> toss
=> vibration, quiver, quivering
=> wave
=> waver, flutter, flicker
=> standing
=> straddle, span
=> stroke
=> wiggle, wriggle, squirm
=> eurythmy, eurhythmy, eurythmics, eurhythmics
Meronyms of noun stroke
10 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, shot
HAS PART: follow-through
Sense 3
stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA
HAS PART: cerebral hemorrhage
Sense 6
stroke
=> oarsman, rower
=> boatman, boater, waterman
=> worker
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun stroke
Grep of noun stroke
backhand stroke
backstroke
breaststroke
butterfly stroke
cam stroke
downstroke
forehand stroke
four-stroke engine
four-stroke internal-combustion engine
golf stroke
ground stroke
haemorrhagic stroke
hair stroke
heatstroke
hemorrhagic stroke
instroke
ischaemic stroke
ischemic stroke
masterstroke
outstroke
sidestroke
stroke
stroke play
sunstroke
swimming stroke
tennis stroke
upstroke
Antonyms of verb stroke
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stroke
4 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, fondle
=> caress
=> touch
Sense 2
stroke
=> strike, hit
=> attack, assail
=> contend, fight, struggle
Sense 3
stroke
=> row
=> boat
=> ride
=> travel
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 4
stroke
=> flatter, blandish
=> praise
=> measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb stroke
1 of 4 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, fondle
=> lick, lap
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb stroke
4 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, fondle
=> caress
Sense 2
stroke
=> strike, hit
Sense 3
stroke
=> row
Sense 4
stroke
=> flatter, blandish
'Cause To' of verb stroke
Derived Forms of verb stroke
3 of 4 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, fondle
RELATED TO>(noun) stroke#5
=> stroke, stroking
RELATED TO>(noun) stroke#4
=> stroke
RELATED TO>(noun) stroking#1
=> stroke, stroking
Sense 2
stroke
RELATED TO>(noun) stroke#1
=> stroke, shot
Sense 3
stroke
RELATED TO>(noun) stroke#6
=> stroke
Domain of verb stroke
Domain Terms of verb stroke
Familiarity of verb stroke
stroke used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =4)
Sample Sentences of verb stroke
4 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, fondle
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
stroke
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
stroke
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 4
stroke
EX: Sam cannot stroke Sue
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb stroke
4 senses of stroke
Sense 1
stroke, fondle
> caress
=> paw
=> grope
=> dandle
=> stroke, fondle
=> pet
=> chuck, pat
=> nuzzle, nose
=> pet
=> tickle
Sense 2
stroke
> strike, hit
=> slice
=> chop
=> stroke
=> retaliate, strike back
Sense 3
stroke
> row
=> stroke
=> feather, square
=> pull
=> scull
Sense 4
stroke
> flatter, blandish
=> soft-soap
=> adulate
=> stroke
=> fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up
=> butter up, brown-nose
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb stroke
Sense 1
stroke, fondle
=> caress
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Sense 2
stroke
=> strike, hit
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Sense 3
stroke
=> row
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Sense 4
stroke
=> flatter, blandish
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Grep of verb stroke
backstroke
breaststroke
stroke
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