stroke
part of speech
verb (stroke, strokes, stroked, stroking); noun (a stroke, strokes)
meaning for a pupil
1) To stroke an animal or person is to move your hand gently over it, usually again and again. tree →
2) A stroke is one movement of a pen or brush, or of an arm or oar in swimming or rowing. tree →
3) A stroke is a hit, as in tennis, golf or cricket. tree →
4) A stroke is a serious illness when blood cannot get to part of the brain. tree →
5) A stroke of a clock is one ring: «on the stroke of twelve». tree →
6) «A stroke of luck» is a sudden piece of good luck. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Prophets and Writings a stroke is a blow, often a punishment, as when God visits sin with "strokes" or the psalmist asks God to remove His stroke. In Proverbs a fool's talk calls for strokes. Interpretation: In Mordell's theory about Sefer Yetzirah, the first Hebrew letters and numbers began as simple strokes added together, such as one, two, three or four strokes for the numbers. In the Psalms the tradition reads God's strokes as a father's discipline meant to bring His children back. In the primary lessons: In pet lessons, stroke animals gently in the direction their fur grows and only if they are calm and the owner says yes. In swimming, strokes are front crawl, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly. In health, a stroke is an emergency: signs are a drooping face, weak arm and slurred speech — call emergency services (FAST). In writing, letters are made of strokes.
examples
- Two, three, or four strokes are so combined as to indicate the (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- To avoid writing too many strokes, the Chinese made one stroke to represent five units. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- They are only a combination of two, three, and four strokes, to indicate the respective numbers. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. (Writings PRO.18.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes. (Writings PSA.89.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand. (Writings PSA.39.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- Stroke the cat gently. tree →
- The dog loves it when you stroke its ears. tree →
- Breaststroke is my favourite swimming stroke. tree →
- Grandad had a stroke and is in hospital. tree →
- Draw the letter with one stroke. tree →
- On the stroke of midnight the coach turned into a pumpkin. tree →
- Finding my lost ring was a stroke of luck. tree →
- Ask before you stroke someone's dog. tree →
- He swam a few more strokes. tree →
note
Regular verb: stroked. Do not confuse «stroke» (gentle touch) with «strike» (hit hard). In maths diagrams, strokes like «||||» are tally marks; five strokes in a gate make 5.
In the corpora
- That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
- Remove Thy stroke from off me; I am consumed by the blow of Thy hand.
- Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with strokes.
- A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
- Small shakes are normal; artists draw lightly with many strokes from the shoulder and elbow, then darken the line they like.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «stroke» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.