Meaning

48 senses
  1. (sometimes, transitive)To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.

    Please strike the last sentence.

    streichen

    вычёркиватьvyčórkivatʹ, вы́черкнутьvýčerknutʹ, зачёркиватьzačórkivatʹ

    закре́слюватиzakrésljuvaty, викре́слюватиvykrésljuvaty

  2. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.

    (transitive)To hit.

    Strike the door sharply with your foot and see if it comes loose. A bullet struck him. The ship struck a reef.

    schlagen

    битьbitʹ, ударя́тьudarjátʹ, уда́ритьudáritʹ

    би́тиbýty, вда́ритиvdáryty

    hit against; come into sudden contact with

  3. (transitive)To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.

  4. (intransitive)To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.

    A hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.

    deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

  5. (transitive)To manufacture, as by stamping.

    We will strike a medal in your honour.

    prägen

    чека́нитьčekánitʹ, отчека́нитьotčekánitʹ

    form by stamping, punching, or printing

  6. (dated, intransitive)To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; to run aground.

    The ship struck in the night.

  7. (transitive)To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.

    The clock struck twelve. The drums strike up a march.

  8. (intransitive)To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.

  9. (transitive)To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.

    to strike a light

    cause to experience suddenly

  10. (transitive)To cause to ignite by friction.

    to strike a match

  11. (transitive)To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.

    A tree strikes its roots deep.

  12. To infest the flesh of a living vertebrate.

Examples

910 sentences
  1. The tree was struck by lightning.

    В дерево вдарила блискавка.

    ruВ дерево ударила молния.

    deDer Baum ist vom Blitz getroffen worden.

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  2. The bus drivers are on strike today.

    Сьогодні страйкують водії автобусів.

    ruВодители автобусов сегодня бастуют.

    deDie Busfahrer streiken heute.

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  3. Are the bus drivers going to go on strike?

    Водії автобусів розпочнуть страйк?

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  4. The tree in front of the library was struck by lightning.

    У дерево перед бібліотекало вдарила блискавка.

    ruВ дерево перед библиотекой ударила молния.

    deIn den Baum vor der Bibliothek hat der Blitz eingeschlagen.

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  5. The committee decided to call off the strike.

    Комітет вирішив відкликати страйк.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
to delete:
to hit:
to impress, seem, appear:
to stop working as a form of protest:
Русский
By meaning 7
nautical: to take down:
to delete:
to hit:
to manufacture by stamping:
to impress, seem, appear:
nautical: to surrender:
to stop working as a form of protest:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
to delete:
to hit:
to manufacture by stamping:
to impress, seem, appear:
nautical: to surrender:
to stop working as a form of protest:

Origin

From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan,

From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”).

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Forms

strikes, striking, struck, struck
Base formstrike · to strike
3rd person singularstrikes
Present participlestriking
Past simplestruck
Past participlestruck

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystrike
he, she, itstrikes

Past simpleLesson

all personsstruck

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave struck
he, she, ithas struck

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill strike

Phrasal verbs

7 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target:hit
  • produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments:hit
  • remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line:scratchexpungeexcise
  • stop work in order to press demands:walk out
  • affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely:hit

Word family

53 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • struck by lightning
  • was struck by
  • are on strike
  • struck a match
  • go on strike
  • lightning struck
  • hunger strike
  • get struck by
  • house was struck

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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