strike > 27 sensesNOUN | 1 | strike, work stoppage | A group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions |
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2 | strike | An attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective |
3 | strike | A pitch that is in the strike zone and that the batter does not hit |
4 | strike, rap, tap | A gentle blow |
5 | strike, ten-strike | A score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball |
6 | strike, hit, smash, smasher, bang | A conspicuous success |
VERB | 1 | strike, hit, impinge on, run into, collide with | Hit against |
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2 | strike | Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
3 | strike, affect, impress, move | Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon |
4 | strike, hit | Make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target |
5 | strike | Indicate (a certain time) by striking |
6 | strike, hit | Affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely |
7 | strike, walk out | Stop work in order to press demands |
8 | strike, fall, shine | Touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly |
9 | strike, come to | Attain |
10 | strike, hit | Produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically |
11 | strike | Cause to form between electrodes of an arc lamp |
12 | strike, fall upon, come upon, light upon, chance upon, come across, chance on, happen upon, attain, discover | Find unexpectedly |
13 | strike | Produce by ignition or a blow |
14 | strike, expunge, excise | Remove by erasing or crossing out |
15 | strike, hit, come to | Cause to experience suddenly |
16 | strike, hit | Drive something violently into a location |
17 | strike, assume, take, take up | Occupy or take on |
18 | strike, mint, coin | Form by stamping, punching, or printing |
19 | strike, strickle | Smooth with a strickle |
20 | strike | Pierce with force |
21 | strike | Arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing |
strike > verb 1, contactMeaning | Hit against. Come into sudden contact with. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Model | The car strikes the tree |
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Synonyms | hit, impinge on, run into, collide with |
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Narrower | ping; spang, bang; rear-end; broadside; connect; spat; thud; bottom; bottom out; bump, knock; run into, bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against; collide, clash |
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Broader | touch |
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Contrary | miss |
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Similar to | strike |
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Nouns | striker; striker; striking; strike |
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strike > verb 2, contactMeaning | Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
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Model | The fighter managed to strike his opponent |
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Examples | "the opponent refused to strike" |
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Narrower | jab; dab, pat; butt, bunt; knock, strike hard; down, knock down, cut down, push down, pull down; spur; peck, pick, beak; tap, tip; hew; sideswipe; whip, lash; beat; beat; sclaff; clout; rap, knap; chop; slap; sclaff; buffet, knock about, batter |
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Broader | touch |
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Similar to | hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with |
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See also | strike down |
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Nouns | striker; striker; striking; strike |
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strike > verb 3, emotionMeaning | Have an emotional or cognitive impact upon. |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody |
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Model | The bad news will strike him; The good news will strike her |
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Synonyms | affect, impress, move |
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Cause to | feel, experience |
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Narrower | infect; surprise; impress, ingrain, instill; awaken; engrave; strike dumb; zap; jar; hit home, strike home, strike a chord, strike a note; smite; cloud; pierce; impress; sweep away, sweep off; disturb, upset, trouble; touch, stir; move; sadden |
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Similar to | motivate, actuate, propel, move, prompt, incite; hit, strike, come to |
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