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Antonyms for strokes

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : strohk
Phonetic Transcription : stroʊk

Definition of strokes

Origin :
  • "act of striking," c.1300, probably from Old English *strac, from Proto-Germanic *straikaz (cf. Middle Low German strek, German streich, Gothic striks "stroke"), related to the verb stracian (see stroke (v.)). The meaning "mark of a pen" is from 1560s; that of "a striking of a clock" is from mid-15c. Sense of "feat, achievement" (e.g. stroke of luck, 1853) first found 1670s; the meaning "single pull of an oar or single movement of machinery" is from 1731. Meaning "apoplectic seizure" is from 1590s (originally the Stroke of God's Hand). Swimming sense is from 1800.
  • noun accomplishment
  • noun seizure
  • verb pat lengthwise
Example sentences :
  • And in addition I would receive five strokes with a ruler on my fingers.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • They were able to take different shapes at will, and their swords were like strokes of lightning.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • He counted the strokes, and then jumped down, apparently surprised and relieved.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • We crave a sense of reality, though it come in strokes of pain.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • His pulse was now small, irregular, and beat 130 strokes in a minute.
  • Extract from : « Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air » by Joseph Priestley
  • “Hours and hours,” she murmured, counting the strokes subconsciously.
  • Extract from : « Once to Every Man » by Larry Evans
  • He dipped the paddle deep and put all his strength into the strokes.
  • Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett
  • He counted the strokes, and gazing at the grate seemed to wait for more.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • And you swam thirty-eight strokes under water the other day.
  • Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
  • A flywheel keeps an engine going between the strokes of the piston.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Synonyms for strokes

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