stroke
/stɹoʊk/ verbe C2En français : caresser
- To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.
- To masturbate.
- To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).
- To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.
- To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.
- To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.
- To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.
Pluriel stroke · He/she/it strokes · Prétérit stroked · Participe passé stroked · Forme en -ing stroking
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- stroke
- He/she/it
- strokes
- Prétérit
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- Participe passé
- stroked
- Forme en -ing
- stroking
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
A Boar rushed upon him, and avenged with a stroke of his tusks a long-remembered injury.
He resolved to cut it down, and taking his axe in his hand, made a bold stroke at its roots.
Rikki-tikki was bounding all round Nagaina, keeping just out of reach of her stroke, his little eyes like hot coals.
His first stroke was delivered into the heart of the crowd round Baloo.
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