strike

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Synonyms: strife, stride, stroke, strive, stripe, strake, skrike, shrike, trike, striae, stike

Antonyms: strife, stride, stroke, strive, stripe, strake, skrike, shrike, trike, striae, stike

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive|sometimes with [[out]] or [[through]]}} To [[delete]] or [[cross out]]; to [[scratch]] or [[eliminate]].
2. To have a sharp or sudden physical effect, as of a blow.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
4. To [[infest]] the [[flesh]] of a living vertebrate.
5. To have a sharp or severe effect on a more abstract level.
6. To touch; to act by [[appulse]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive|fishing}} To hook (a fish) by a quick turn of the wrist.
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To take down, especially in the following contexts.
9. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[set off]] on a [[walk]] or [[trip]].
10. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
11. {{lb|en|dated}} To break forth; to commence suddenly; with ''into''.
12. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To become attached to something; said of the [[spat]] of [[oyster]]s.

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|baseball}} {{lb|en|baseball}} A [[status]] [[result]]ing from a [[batter]] [[swing]]ing and [[miss]]ing a [[pitch]], or not swinging at a pitch when the [[ball]] goes in the [[strike zone]], or [[hit]]ting a [[foul ball]] that is not [[catch|caught]].
2. {{lb|en|bowling}} The act of [[knock down|knocking down]] all [[ten]] [[pin]]s on the [[first]] [[roll]] of a [[frame]].
3. {{senseid|en|protest}} A [[work]] [[stoppage]] (or otherwise [[concert]]ed stoppage of an [[activity]]) as a form of [[protest]].
4. A [[blow]] or [[application]] of [[physical]] [[force]] against something.
5. {{lb|en|military|by extension}} An [[attack]], not necessarily [[physical]].
6. {{lb|en|finance}} In an [[option]] [[contract]], the [[price]] at which the [[holder]] [[buy]]s or [[sell]]s if they [[choose]] to [[exercise]] the option.
7. {{lb|en|historical}} An [[old]] [[English]] [[measure]] of [[corn]] [[equal]] to the [[bushel]].
8. {{lb|en|cricket}} The [[status]] of being the [[batsman]] that the [[bowler]] is [[bowl]]ing at.
9. The [[primary]] [[face]] of a [[hammer]], [[opposite]] the [[peen]].
10. {{lb|en|geology}} The [[compass]] [[direction]] of the [[line]] of [[intersection]] between a [[rock]] [[layer]] and the [[surface]] of the [[Earth]] or another [[solid]] [[celestial body]].
11. An [[instrument]] with a [[straight edge]] for [[level]]ling a [[measure]] of [[grain]], [[salt]], etc., [[scrape|scraping]] [[off]] what is [[above]] the [[level]] of the [[top]]; a [[strickle]].
12. {{lb|en|obsolete}} {{cap|fullness}} of [[measure]]; the [[whole]] [[amount]] [[produce]]d at one [[time]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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