Strike

Quick meaning: Strike is a verb meaning (transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

Meaning

(transitive, sometimes with out or through) To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

More Meanings

1. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
2. (transitive) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
3. To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.
4. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
5. To touch; to act by appulse.
6. (transitive, fishing) To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
7. (transitive) To take down, especially in the following contexts.

Example Sentences

A tree strikes its roots deep.

Please strike the last sentence.

They struck off along the river.

Of course, almost any fool could strike a fish if it lay quiet in very shallow water.

Word Forms

• strikes
• striking
• struck
• striked
• strook
• stroke
• strake
• stricken
• strucken

Synonyms for strike

Depending on context, synonyms include walkout, bang, affect, impress, hit, fall.

Antonyms for strike

Common opposites include lockout, non-strike, nonstrike, miss.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include discover, mint, impress, move, shine, excise.

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