struck

«struck» in Mova's school dictionary: Hit someone or something hard — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb, past and past participle of «strike» (strike, strikes, struck, striking)

meaning for a pupil

1) Hit someone or something hard. tree →

2) Of lightning: hit something. tree →

3) Of a clock: rang a bell to show the time. tree →

4) Of an idea or feeling: came suddenly to someone's mind. tree →

5) Lit a match by rubbing it. tree →

6) Stopped work as a protest (as in a strike). tree →

7) To strike terror into someone is to make them suddenly very frightened. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories, lightning struck a tree, the clock struck midnight, an idea struck the hero, or the ship struck a rock. In safety, if you hear thunder, lightning can strike — go indoors and stay away from tall trees and water. In maths, «the clock struck 3» can be a problem: how many chimes in a day? Phrases: «struck by lightning», «the clock struck», «it struck me that», «struck a match», «struck dumb».

examples

• Lightning struck the old oak tree. tree →
• The clock struck twelve at midnight. tree →
• It suddenly struck me that I'd left my bag on the bus. tree →
• The ship struck a rock and began to sink. tree →
• He struck a match to light the candle. tree →
• The ball struck the window and cracked it. tree →
• We were struck by how big the whale was. tree →
• The workers struck for better pay. tree →
• The command struck terror among the beasts. tree →

note

Irregular: strike, struck, struck (also «stricken» in some phrases). Myth: lightning can strike the same place twice — tall buildings are struck many times a year. Matches are for adults; never play with them.

In the corpora

• Metals ring when struck because they pass vibrations on well; big bells are usually made of bronze.
• Lightning can strike the same place more than once; tall towers are struck many times a year.
• If you hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning, so you go indoors.
• Tom found matches in a drawer and struck one to see the flame.
• Ten plagues struck Egypt, from the river Nile turning to blood to the death of the firstborn.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «struck» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.