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/ˈdaʊnˌstɹoʊk/ · noun
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes..
1997, Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid, London: Faber & Faber, "Erisychthon," lines 41-6, p. 86, He snatches an axe—and hauls / The weight of the broad head up and back. / But in that moment, as the blade hangs / Poised for the first downstroke, shudderings / Swarm through the whole tree, to its outermost twigs / And a groan bursts out of the deep grain.
It was written, not printed; written in a clear, even hand, with thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes, very large, easier than print, and so beautiful that Lucy stared at it for a whole minute and forgot about reading it.
If you keep typing on the downstroke of the spacebar it lets you, for example, squeeze a four-letter word into the space normally occupied by a three-letter word.
Use down stroke when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Down stroke means A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include upstroke.
1997, Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid, London: Faber & Faber, "Erisychthon," lines 41-6, p. 86, He snatches an axe—and hauls / The weight of the broad head up and back. / But in that moment, as the blade hangs / Poised for the first downstroke, shudderings / Swarm through the whole tree, to its outermost twigs / And a groan bursts out of the deep grain.
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