Definition von strike
Wortformen:plural, 3rd person singular present
tense strikes
, present participle striking
, past tense, past participle struck
, past participle stricken
language note: The form struck is the past tense and past participle. The form stricken can also be used as the past participle for meanings [sense 6], , [sense 17], and , [sense 19].language note: The form struck is the past tense and past participle. The form stricken can also be used as the past participle for meanings [sense 6] and , [sense 17].
1. zählbares Substantiv [oft on NOUN]
When there is a strike, workers stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get
better pay or conditions for themselves.
[business] French air traffic controllers have begun a three-day strike in a dispute over pay.
Staff at the hospital went on strike in protest at the incidents.
...a call for strike action.
2. Verb
When workers strike, they go on strike.
[business] ...their recognition of the workers' right to strike. [VERB]
They shouldn't be striking for more money. [VERB + for]
The government agreed not to sack any of the striking workers. [VERB-ing]
3. Verb
If you strike someone or something, you deliberately hit them.
[formal] She took two quick steps forward and struck him across the mouth. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
He struck the ball straight into the hospitality tents. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
I struck it away and got a bite on my forearm. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
It is impossible to say who struck the fatal blow. [VERB noun]
4. Verb
If something that is falling or moving strikes something, it hits it.
[formal] His head struck the bottom when he dived into the 6ft end of the pool. [VERB noun]
One 16-inch shell struck the control tower. [VERB noun]
...the fire which began when the installation was struck by lightning. [VERB noun]
5. Verb
If you strike one thing against another, or if one thing strikes against another, the first thing hits the second thing.
[formal] Wilde fell and struck his head on the stone floor. [V n + on/against]
My right toe struck against a submerged rock. [VERB + against]
6. Verb
Bank of England officials continued to insist that the pound would soon return to
stability but disaster struck. [VERB]
Both of them were afflicted with a rare genetic disease, which struck in their thirties. [VERB]
A powerful earthquake struck the island early this morning. [VERB noun]
He was suddenly struck with such a sense of grief, of loss, that his eyes filled
with tears. [VERB noun]
7. Verb
To strike means to attack someone or something quickly and violently.
The attacker struck as she was walking near the town centre. [VERB]
The killer says he will strike again. [VERB]
Then the scorpion struck. [VERB]
8. zählbares Substantiv
A military strike is a military attack, especially an air attack.
...a punitive air strike.
...a nuclear strike.
...strategic strikes against enemy forces.
[Also + against] 9. Verb
If something strikes at the heart or root of something, it attacks or conflicts with the basic elements or
principles of that thing.
[literary] ...a rejection of her core beliefs and values, which strikes at the very heart of
her being. [VERB + at]
The issue strikes at the very foundation of our community. [VERB at noun]
10. Verb [no cont]
If an idea or thought strikes you, it suddenly comes into your mind.
A thought struck her. Was she jealous of her mother, then? [VERB noun]
At this point, it suddenly struck me that I was wasting my time. [VERB noun that]
11. Verb
If something strikes you as being a particular thing, it gives you the impression of being that thing.
He struck me as a very serious but friendly person. [VERB noun + as]
What struck me as interesting is how much we judge other people by the clothes they
wear. [V n as n/adj]
You've always struck me as being an angry man. [VERB noun + as]
12. Verb
She was struck by his simple, spellbinding eloquence. [be V-ed + by/with]
Theresa was struck by her own lack of forethought. [be V-ed by/with n]
What struck me about the firm is how genuinely friendly and informal it is. [VERB noun]
13. Verb
If you strike a deal or a bargain with someone, you come to an agreement with them.
They struck a deal with their paper supplier, getting two years of newsprint on credit. [VERB noun + with]
The two struck a deal in which Rendell took half of what a manager would. [VERB noun]
He insists he has struck no bargains for their release. [VERB noun]
14. Verb
If you strike a balance, you do something that is halfway between two extremes.
At times like that you have to strike a balance between sleep and homework. [VERB noun]
15. Verb
If you strike a pose or attitude, you put yourself in a particular position, for example when someone
is taking your photograph.
She struck a pose, one hand on her hip. [VERB noun]
16. Verb
[literary]
His name strikes fear into the hearts of his opponents . [V n + in/into]
17. Verb [usually passive]
[written]
I was struck dumb by this and had to think it over for a moment. [be VERB-ed]
For this revelation he was struck blind by the goddess Hera. [be VERB-ed adjective]
18. Verb
When a clock strikes, its bells make a sound to indicate what the time is.
The clock struck nine. [VERB noun]
Finally, the clock strikes. [VERB]
19. Verb
If you strike words from a document or an official record, you remove them.
[formal] Strike that from the minutes. [VERB noun + from]
Her achievements were struck from the record book. [VERB noun from noun]
[Also VERB noun]
Strike out means the same as strike.
The censor struck out the next two lines. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]20. Verb
When you strike a match, you make it produce a flame by moving it quickly against something rough.
Robina struck a match and held it to the crumpled newspaper in the grate. [VERB noun]
21. Verb
If someone strikes oil or gold, they discover it in the ground as a result of mining or drilling.
Hamilton Oil announced that it had struck oil in the Liverpool Bay area of the Irish
Sea. [VERB noun]
22. Verb [usually passive]
When a coin or medal is struck, it is made.
Another medal was specially struck for him. [be VERB-ed]
23. zählbares Substantiv [N against n]
If someone has two strikes against them, things cause them to be in a bad situation or at a disadvantage.
[mainly US, informal] The Hotel has two strikes against it. One, it's an immense ugly concrete building.
Second, it lies in a rather awkward position.
When I got out I couldn't find any work, and for being an ex-con, that was a strike
against me.
24. See also stricken, striking, hunger strike
26.
27.
29. to strike home
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Verb transitivWortformen:struck, struck, ˈstricken, ˈstriking
1.
to hit with the hand or a tool, weapon, etc.; smite
; specif.,a.
to give a blow to; hit with force
to strike a nail with a hammer
b.
to give (a blow, etc.)
c.
to remove, knock off, etc. by or as by a blow
to strike a gun from someone's hand
g.
to hook (a fish that has risen to the bait) by a pull on the line
2.
a.
to produce (a tone or chord) by hitting a key or keys or touching a string or strings on a musical instrument
b.
to touch the strings of (a musical instrument)
4.
to cause to come into violent or forceful contact
; specif.,a.
to cause to hit something
to strike one's head on a beam
c.
to bring forcefully into contact
to strike cymbals together
8.
to afflict, as with disease, pain, or death
9.
to come into contact with
; specif.,
b.
to catch or reach (the ear)
said of a soundc. US
to come upon; arrive at
the bus struck the main road
e.
to notice, find, or hit upon suddenly or unexpectedly
g.
to appear to
the sight that struck my eyes
10.
to affect as if by contact, a blow, etc.
; specif.,a.
to come into the mind of; occur to
an idea struck me
b.
to be attractive to or impress (someone's fancy, sense of humor, etc.)
d.
to cause to become suddenly
to be struck dumb
11.
to remove or expunge (from a list, minutes, record, etc.)
12.
13.
a.
to lower or haul down (a sail, flag, etc.), as in surrendering
sailors formerly struck sails in protest of grievances, to prevent a ship from sailingb.
to take down (a tent, etc.)
c.
to abandon (a camp) as by taking down tents
14.
to refuse to continue to work at (a factory, company, etc.) until certain demands
have been met
15.
a. Obsolete
to stroke or smooth
16.
to assume (an attitude, pose, etc.)
17.
b.
to cause (cuttings, etc.) to take root
18. Obsolete
to wage (battle)
19. Theatre
a.
to dismantle and remove (scenery or a set)
b.
to remove the scenery of (a play)
c.
to turn (a light) down or off
Verb intransitiv
20.
to deliver a blow or blows
21.
to aim a blow or blows
to strike in vain at a ball
22.
a.
to attack
the enemy struck at dawn
b.
to take part in a fight or struggle (for some objective)
23.
a.
to make a sound or sounds as by being struck
said of a bell, clock, etc.b.
to be announced by the striking of a bell, chime, etc.
said of the time24.
a.
b.
to be noticed; have an effect
25.
to ignite or be capable of igniting, as a match
28.
to penetrate or pierce (to, through, etc.)
29.
to come suddenly or unexpectedly; fall, light, etc. (on or upon)
to strike on the right combination
32.
to refuse to continue to work until certain demands are met; go on strike
33.
to send out roots; take root
said of a plant34.
to begin, advance, or proceed, esp. in a new way or direction; turn
35.
to move or pass quickly; dart
Substantiv
37.
the act of striking; blow; specif., a military attack
an air strike
38.
39.
a.
b.
any similar refusal by a person or group of people to do something, undertaken as a form of protest
a hunger strike, a buyers' strike
40.
the discovery of a rich deposit of oil, coal, minerals, etc.
41. US
any sudden success, esp. one bringing large financial return
42.
a. US
the pull on the line by a fish seizing or snatching at bait
b.
the pull that a fisherman gives the line to engage a baited hook in a fish's mouth
43.
the number of coins, medals, etc. struck at one time
44.
the part of a timepiece that strikes
45.
: also strike plate
46. US, Baseball
47. US, Bowling
a.
the act of knocking down all the pins on the first bowl
b.
the score made in this way
48. Geology and Mining
the trace of a rock bed, fault, or vein on the horizontal, at right angles to the direction
of dip
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Wortherkunft von strike
VerbWortformen:strikes, striking or struck
1.
to deliver (a blow or stroke) to (a person)
2.
to come or cause to come into sudden or violent contact (with)
3. (transitive)
to make an attack on
5.
to cause (a match) to light by friction or (of a match) to be lighted
6.
to press (the key of a piano, organ, etc) or to sound (a specific note) in this or
a similar way
7.
to indicate (a specific time) by the sound of a hammer striking a bell or by any other percussive sound
8.
(of a venomous snake) to cause injury by biting
9. (transitive)
to affect or cause to affect deeply, suddenly, or radically, as if by dealing a blow
her appearance struck him as strange
I was struck on his art
10. Wortformen:past participle struck or stricken (tr; passive; usually foll by with)
to render incapable or nearly so
she was stricken with grief
11. (transitive)
to enter the mind of
it struck me that he had become very quiet
12. Wortformen:past participle struck or stricken
to render
I was struck dumb
13. (transitive)
to be perceived by; catch
the glint of metal struck his eye
14.
to arrive at or come upon (something), esp suddenly or unexpectedly
to strike the path for home
to strike upon a solution
15. (intransitive; sometimes foll by out)
to set (out) or proceed, esp upon a new course
to strike for the coast
16. (tr; usually passive)
to afflict with a disease, esp unexpectedly
he was struck with polio when he was six
18. (transitive)
(of a plant) to produce or send down (a root or roots)
21. (transitive) nautical
a.
to lower or remove (a specified piece of gear)
c.
to lower (cargo, etc) into the hold of a ship
23.
to impale the hook in the mouth of (a fish) by suddenly tightening or jerking the line after the bait or fly has been taken
25.
to level (a surface) by use of a flat board
27. (intransitive)
28. (transitive)
to reach by agreement
to strike a bargain
29. (transitive)
to form (a jury, esp a special jury) by cancelling certain names among those nominated for jury service until only the requisite number remains
See also special jury30. (transitive) rowing
to make (a certain number of strokes) per minute
Oxford were striking 38
31.
to make a stroke or kick in swimming
33. strike home
34. strike it lucky
35. strike it rich
Substantiv
36.
an act or instance of striking
37.
a cessation of work by workers in a factory, industry, etc, as a protest against working conditions
or low pay
the workers are on strike again
38.
a military attack, esp an air attack on a surface target
air strike
39. baseball
40. Also called: ten-strike tenpin bowling
41.
a sound made by striking
42.
the mechanism that makes a clock strike
43.
the discovery of a source of ore, petroleum, etc
44.
the horizontal direction of a fault, rock stratum, etc, which is perpendicular to the direction of the dip
45. angling
the act or an instance of striking
46.
the number of coins or medals made at one time
47. another name for strickle (sense 1)
49. take strike
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Abgeleitete Formen
Adjektiv
Wortherkunft von strike
Häufigkeit
strike in the Oil and Gas Industry 1
(straɪk)Wortformen:(regular plural) strikes
Substantiv
(Extractive engineering: Exploration)
A strike is the discovery of a source of oil or gas.
Oil hunters can never be sure of a strike until their bits cut into an oil formation.
First, prospectors drill and make a strike, and then an estimate is made of the discovered amount of oil.
A strike is the discovery of a source of oil or gas.
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Häufigkeit
strike in the Oil and Gas Industry 2
(straɪk)Wortformen:(present) strikes, (past) struck, (perfect) struck, (progressive) striking
Verb
(Extractive engineering: Exploration)
To strike oil or gas is to find a source of it.
Wildcatting is going out into an unproven area in the hope of being the first to
strike oil.
Two wells drilled in a promising area had struck oil, and the producers, pleased at their success, had drilled a third well.
To strike oil or gas is to find a source of it.
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Britisches Englisch: strike
/straɪk/ NOUN
When there is a strike, workers stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.
The air traffic controllers have begun a three-day strike.
- Amerikanisches Englisch: strike
- Arabisch: إِضْراب
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: greve
- Chinesisch: 罢工
- Kroatisch: štrajk
- Tschechisch: stávka
- Dänisch: strejke
- Niederländisch: staking klap
- Europäisches Spanisch: huelga
- Finnisch: lakko
- Französisch: grève
- Deutsch: Streik
- Griechisch: απεργία
- Italienisch: sciopero
- Japanisch: ストライキ
- Koreanisch: 동맹 파업
- Norwegisch: streik
- Polnisch: strajk
- Europäisches Portugiesisch: greve
- Rumänisch: grevă
- Russisch: забастовка
- Spanisch: huelga
- Schwedisch: strejk
- Thai: ประท้วง
- Türkisch: grev
- Ukrainisch: страйк
- Vietnamesisch: cuộc bãi công
Britisches Englisch: strike
/straɪk/ VERB
If you strike someone or something, you deliberately hit them.
She took a step forward and struck him across the face.
- Amerikanisches Englisch: strike
- Arabisch: يَضْرِبُ
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: bater em
- Chinesisch: 打击
- Kroatisch: udariti
- Tschechisch: udeřit někoho
- Dänisch: slå
- Niederländisch: slaan van vlag
- Europäisches Spanisch: golpear
- Finnisch: lyödä
- Französisch: frapper
- Deutsch: schlagen
- Griechisch: πλήττω χτυπώ
- Italienisch: colpire
- Japanisch: 打つ
- Koreanisch: ...을 치다 치다
- Norwegisch: slå
- Polnisch: uderzyć
- Europäisches Portugiesisch: bater em
- Rumänisch: a lovi
- Russisch: нападать
- Spanisch: golpear
- Schwedisch: slå smälla till
- Thai: ตี ดีด ปะทะ
- Türkisch: vurmak
- Ukrainisch: бити
- Vietnamesisch: đập mạnh
Britisches Englisch: strike
/straɪk/ VERB
worker When workers strike, they stop working for a period of time, usually to try to get better pay or conditions.
They shouldn't be striking for more money.
- Amerikanisches Englisch: strike
- Arabisch: يُضْرِبُ
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: estar em greve
- Chinesisch: 罢工
- Kroatisch: štrajkati
- Tschechisch: stávkovat
- Dänisch: strejke
- Niederländisch: staken
- Europäisches Spanisch: hacer huelga
- Finnisch: iskeä
- Französisch: faire la grêve
- Deutsch: einschlagen
- Griechisch: επιτίθεμαι αιφινιδιαστικά
- Italienisch: attaccare
- Japanisch: 襲う
- Koreanisch: 치다
- Norwegisch: slå
- Polnisch: uderzyć
- Europäisches Portugiesisch: estar em greve
- Rumänisch: a intra in grevă
- Russisch: ударяться
- Spanisch: asestar un golpe
- Schwedisch: slå i sport
- Thai: หยุดงานประท้วง
- Türkisch: darbe yemek
- Ukrainisch: страйкувати
- Vietnamesisch: đình công
Britisches Englisch: strike
/straɪk/ VERB
hit To strike someone or something means to attack them or to affect them, quickly and violently.
The killer says he will strike again.
A powerful earthquake struck the island last night.
- Amerikanisches Englisch: strike attack
- Arabisch: يَضْرِبُ
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: atacar
- Chinesisch: 打击
- Kroatisch: štrajkati
- Tschechisch: postihnout neštěstí
- Dänisch: slå til
- Niederländisch: toeslaan
- Europäisches Spanisch: asestar un golpe
- Finnisch: olla lakossa
- Französisch: frapper
- Deutsch: streiken
- Griechisch: απεργώ
- Italienisch: scioperare
- Japanisch: ストライキをする
- Koreanisch: 동맹 파업을 하다
- Norwegisch: streike
- Polnisch: zastrajkować
- Europäisches Portugiesisch: estar em greve
- Rumänisch: a lovi
- Russisch: бить
- Spanisch: hacer huelga
- Schwedisch: strejka
- Thai: หยุดงานประท้วง
- Türkisch: grev yapmak
- Ukrainisch: нападати
- Vietnamesisch: đánh
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