strike
A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a…A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
» The tree was struck by lightning.
Der Baum ist vom Blitz getroffen worden. — Sudajaengi
Der Blitz schlug in den Baum ein. — Melang
В дерево ударила молния. — Hellerick
В дерево вдарила блискавка. — rmdas
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21 sensesA status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
Strike
страйкstrajk
страйкstrajk
The act of knocking down all ten pins on the first roll of a frame.
a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
After an eleven-week strike, it was management that finally blinked.
Streik
забасто́вкаzabastóvka, ста́чкаstáčka
страйкstrajk, забасто́вкаzabastóvka
A blow or application of physical force against something.
Schlag
уда́рudár
уда́рudár
a gentle blow
(broadly)An attack, not necessarily physical.
air strike; first strike
In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
(historical)An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
The batsmen have crossed, and Dhoni now has the strike.
The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth or another solid celestial body.
An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
Examples
910 sentencesThe tree was struck by lightning.
В дерево вдарила блискавка. — rmdas
ruВ дерево ударила молния. — Hellerick
deDer Baum ist vom Blitz getroffen worden. — Sudajaengi
The bus drivers are on strike today.
Сьогодні страйкують водії автобусів. — rozmaita
ruВодители автобусов сегодня бастуют. — corvard
deDie Busfahrer streiken heute. — MUIRIEL
Are the bus drivers going to go on strike?
Водії автобусів розпочнуть страйк? — deniko
The tree in front of the library was struck by lightning.
У дерево перед бібліотекало вдарила блискавка. — deniko
ruВ дерево перед библиотекой ударила молния. — Selena777
deIn den Baum vor der Bibliothek hat der Blitz eingeschlagen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The committee decided to call off the strike.
Комітет вирішив відкликати страйк. — deniko
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 3
By meaning 3
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
plural: strikesSynonyms
9 synonymsAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
66 related wordsCollocations
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 dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.