upstroke
downstroke
forehanded
lob
gird
afterstroke
backhand stroke
backhand shot
fore-handed
backhand
forestroke
sweep
restroke
midstroke
prestroke
curl
topspin
forehand
strokelike
treading water
drive
stroked
ischaemic stroke
crawl
ischemic stroke
up-bow
stroker
backcast
trudgen
reverse contrast
bat
strike
dead-stroke
poststroke
firk
butterfly stroke
beat
stroky
strokee
downstrike
dunt
stoop
cut
supraduct
sidestroke
Australian crawl
eggbeater
front crawl
chop
strokeless
dextroposition
follow-through
follow through
relateralization
low Fowler's
semi-Fowler's
microstroke
breaststroke
reverse
backhanded
scart
stroke out
high Fowler's
top
cerebrovascular accident
handsy
uptilt
turribrachycephaly
interstroke
ictal
flick
backstroke
tact
apex
deloft
massé
paraspinal
glance
upslant
gentle
hyperapophysis
paravascularly
medal play
down the road, not across the street
cross-handed
on the front foot
plegometer
postically
prestroke
strokelike
stroked
reverse contrast
dead-stroke
poststroke
stroky
forehanded
fore-handed
strokeless
backhand
backhanded
handsy
interstroke
ictal
paraspinal
forehanded
fore-handed
midstroke
paravascularly
down the road, not across the street
cross-handed
postically
upstroke
downstroke
lob
gird
afterstroke
backhand stroke
backhand shot
backhand
forestroke
restroke
midstroke
curl
topspin
forehand
treading water
drive
ischaemic stroke
crawl
ischemic stroke
up-bow
stroker
backcast
trudgen
bat
firk
butterfly stroke
beat
strokee
downstrike
dunt
stoop
sidestroke
Australian crawl
eggbeater
front crawl
dextroposition
follow-through
relateralization
low Fowler's
semi-Fowler's
microstroke
reverse
scart
high Fowler's
top
cerebrovascular accident
turribrachycephaly
flick
backstroke
tact
apex
massé
glance
upslant
hyperapophysis
medal play
plegometer
sweep
forehand
strike
cut
supraduct
trudgen
chop
follow through
breaststroke
stroke out
uptilt
deloft
gentle
restroke
verb
- To move through a (horizontal) arc or similar long stroke.
- To strike with a long stroke.
- To clear (a body of water or part thereof) of mines.
- To defeat (a team) in a series without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To carry with a long, swinging, or dragging motion; hence, to carry in a stately or proud fashion.
- To move something in a long sweeping motion, as a broom.
- To row with one oar to either the port or starboard side.
- To pass over, or traverse, with the eye or with an instrument of observation.
- To travel quickly.
- To win (a series) without drawing or losing any of the games in that series.
- To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush.
- To remove something abruptly and thoroughly.
- To brush the ice in front of a moving stone, causing it to travel farther and to curl less.
- To search (a place) methodically.
- To draw or drag something over.
- To play a sweep shot.
- To vacuum a carpet or rug.
- To brush against or over; to rub lightly along.
noun
- Any of several sea chubs in the family Kyphosidae (subfamily Scorpidinae).
- The compass of any turning body or of any motion.
- Violent and general destruction.
- The degree to which an aircraft's wings are angled backwards (or, occasionally, forwards) from their attachments to the fuselage.
- A flow of water parallel to shore caused by wave action at an ocean beach or at a point or headland.
- A long pole, or piece of timber, moved on a horizontal fulcrum fixed to a tall post and used to raise and lower a bucket in a well for drawing water.
- A lottery, usually on the results of a sporting event, where players win if their randomly chosen team wins.
- A person who stands at the stern of a surf boat, steering with a steering oar and commanding the crew.
- A single action of sweeping.
- The person who steers a dragon boat.
- A methodical search, typically for bugs (electronic listening devices).
- Direction or departure of a curve, a road, an arch, etc. away from a rectilinear line.
- A rowing style in which each rower rows with oar on either the port or starboard side.
- An expanse or a swath, a strip of land.
- A batsman's shot, played from a kneeling position with a swinging horizontal bat.
- In the game casino, the act of capturing all face-up cards from the table.
- A movable template for making moulds, in loam moulding.
- Any of the blades of a windmill.
- A chimney sweep.
- The sweepings of workshops where precious metals are worked, containing filings, etc.
- A large oar used in small vessels, partly to propel them and partly to steer them.
- A throw or takedown that primarily uses the legs to attack an opponent's legs.
noun
- A curved stroke or shape.
- A spin making the trajectory of an object curve.
- Movement of a moving rock away from a straight line.
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- The vector operator, denoted rm curl; or ⃑∇⨯⃑(·), that generates this field.
- Any exercise performed by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially those that train the biceps.
- Any of various diseases of plants causing the leaves or shoots to curl up; often specifically the potato curl.
- A pattern where the receiver appears to be running a fly pattern but after a set number of steps or yards quickly stops and turns around, looking for a pass.
- The vector field denoting the rotationality of a given vector field.
- The contrasting light and dark figure seen in wood used for stringed instrument making; the flame.
- A curving piece or lock of hair; a ringlet.
verb
- To cause to move in a curve.
- To shape (the brim of a hat) into a curve.
- To move in curves.
- To take part in the sport of curling.
- To twist or form (the hair, etc.) into ringlets.
- To exercise by bending the arm, wrist, or leg on the exertion against resistance, especially of the biceps.
- To make into a curl or spiral.
- To assume the shape of a curl or spiral.
- To deck with, or as if with, curls; to ornament.
- To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.
noun
- A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.
- Superiority; advantage; start; precedence.
- All of the part of a horse which is before the rider.
- The hand towards the front of the board.
- A throw similar to a sidearm throw in baseball, where the disc remains on the throwing-arm side of the body and is led by the middle finger.
verb
adj
noun
- A stroke made with a driver.
- Planned, usually long-lasting, effort to achieve something; ability coupled with ambition, determination, and motivation.
- A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
- An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
- Desire or interest.
- An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk.
- An offensive possession, generally one consisting of several plays and/ or first downs, often leading to a scoring opportunity.
- An act of driving (prompting) livestock animals forward, to transport a herd.
- A driveway.
- A campaign aimed at selling more of a certain product, e.g. by offering a discount.
- A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
- Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
- A trip made in a vehicle (now generally in a motor vehicle).
- A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data.
- A straight level shot or pass.
- An act of driving (prompting) game animals forward, to be captured or hunted.
- A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
- A mechanism used to power or give motion to a vehicle or other machine or machine part.
- A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive.
- A type of public roadway.
- A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
verb
- To provide an impetus for motion or other physical change, to move an object by means of the provision of force thereto.
- To cause intrinsic motivation through the application or demonstration of force: to impel or urge onward thusly, to compel to move on, to coerce, intimidate or threaten.
- To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
- To hit the ball with a drive.
- To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
- To convey (a person, etc.) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
- To be moved or propelled forcefully (especially of a ship).
- To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
- To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
- To separate the lighter (feathers or down) from the heavier, by exposing them to a current of air.
- To move forcefully.
- To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
- To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
- To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
- To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- To operate (an aircraft).
- To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
- To provide an impetus for a non-physical change, especially a change in one's state of mind.
- To cause animals to flee out of.
- To displace either physically or non-physically, through the application of force.
- (especially of animals) To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
- To cause to become.
- To compel (to do something).
- To put together a drive (n.): to string together offensive plays and advance the ball down the field.
- To be the dominant party in a sex act.
noun
- A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
- A very slow pace.
- The act of moving slowly on hands and knees, etc.
- A piece of horizontally or vertically scrolling text overlaid on the main image.
- The act of sequentially visiting a series of similar establishments (i.e., a bar crawl).
- A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
verb
- To visit files or web sites in order to index them for searching.
- To swim using the crawl stroke.
- To move forward slowly, with frequent stops.
- To act in a servile manner.
- To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.
- To move over (an area) slowly, with frequent stops.
- To move over (an area) on hands and knees.
- Followed by with: see crawl with.
- To feel a swarming sensation.
noun
- A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
- Retrospect; hindsight.
- backwater
- A cast or throw back.
- Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
- Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
adv
verb
- To change retrospectively; reverse.
- To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.
adj
noun
- A stroke; a sharp blow.
- A part of a brick with one whole end.
- A club made of wood or aluminium used for striking the ball in sports such as baseball, softball and cricket.
- A turn at hitting the ball with a bat in a game.
- Rate of motion; speed.
- Manner; rate; condition; state of health.
- Any of the flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
- A stroke of work.
- A rough walking stick.
- The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
- A sheet of cotton used for filling quilts or comfortables; batting.
- Shale or bituminous shale.
- An old woman.
verb
verb
- To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To hit.
- To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- To create an impression.
- To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To impress, seem or appear (to).
- To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- To impinge upon.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To make and ratify.
- To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- To cause to ignite by friction.
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- To set off on a walk or trip.
- To score a goal.
- To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
noun
- A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- The strike plate of a door.
- A cancellation postmark.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- 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.
- 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 status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- A puddler's stirrer.
noun
- A stroke; a blow.
- A short pause in a play, screenplay, or teleplay, for dramatic or comedic effect.
- A beatnik.
- A pulse on the beat level, the metric level at which pulses are heard as the basic unit. Thus a beat is the basic time unit of a piece.
- The route patrolled by a police officer or a guard.
- The primary focus of a reporter's stories (such as police/courts, education, city government, business etc.).
- A rhythm.
- The rhythm signalled by a conductor or other musician to the members of a group of musicians.
- A pulsation or throb.
- A makeup look; compare beat one's face.
- The instrumental portion of a piece of hip-hop music.
- The act of scouring, or ranging over, a tract of land to rouse or drive out game; also, those so engaged, collectively.
- A smart tap on the adversary's blade.
- The interference between two tones of almost equal frequency
- A precinct.
adj
- Ugly.
- Having impressively attractive makeup.
- Boring.
- Exhausted.
- Relating to the Beat Generation.
- Dilapidated, beat up.
verb
- simple past tense of beat
- To rob.
- To indicate by beating or drumming.
- To win against; to defeat or overcome; to do or be better than (someone); to excel in a particular, competitive event.
- To sound with more or less rapid alternations of greater and lesser intensity, so as to produce a pulsating effect; said of instruments, tones, or vibrations not perfectly in unison.
- To exercise severely; to perplex; to trouble.
- To make a sound when struck.
- To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
- To strike or pound repeatedly, usually in some sort of rhythm.
- To strike (water, foliage etc.) in order to drive out game; to travel through (a forest etc.) for hunting.
- To hit; to strike.
- To tread, as a path.
- To mix food in a rapid fashion. Compare whip.
- To make a succession of strokes on a drum.
- To move with pulsation or throbbing.
- To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To arrive at a place before someone.
- To persuade the seller to reduce a price.
- To be in agitation or doubt.
noun
- A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.
- A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
- A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
- A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
- A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
- A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
- A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
- A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
adj
verb
- To move downward in a stiking motion.
- To go in a downward direction.
- To arc to ground in a downstrike.
- To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
- To strike from above.
- To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
- To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
- To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
adv
verb
- To deliver a stroke with a whip or like instrument to.
- To drive (a ball) to one side, as by (in billiards or croquet) hitting it fine with another ball, or (in tennis) striking it with the racket inclined.
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- To exhibit (a quality).
- To edit a film by selecting takes from original footage.
- To wound with a knife.
- To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.
- To abridge or shorten a work; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- To divide a pack of playing cards into two.
- To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- To absent oneself from (a class, an appointment, etc.).
- To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat.
- To perform an incision on, for example with a knife.
- To make an abrupt transition from one scene or image to another.
- To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- To lose body mass, aiming to keep muscle but lose body fat.
- To separate or omit, in a situation where one was previously associated.
- To stop, disengage, or cease.
- To interfere, as a horse; to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- To engage in self-harm by making cuts in one's own skin.
- To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce.
- To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.
- To make or negotiate.
- To castrate or geld.
- To ignore as a social rebuff or snub.
- To change direction suddenly.
- To perform (a dancing movement etc.).
- To dilute or adulterate something, especially a recreational drug.
intj
adj
- Intoxicated as a result of drugs or alcohol.
- Reduced.
- Having been cut.
- Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- Circumcised or having been the subject of female genital mutilation.
- Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- Carved into a shape; not raw.
- Emotionally hurt.
noun
- A particular version or edit of a film.
- A share or portion of profits.
- An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving.
- A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
- A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove.
- A skein of yarn.
- A truncation, a context that represents a moment in time when other archaeological deposits were removed for the creation of some feature such as a ditch or pit.
- A hidden, secluded, or secure place.
- An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- The range of temperatures used to distill a particular mixture of hydrocarbons from crude oil.
- The partition of a graph’s vertices into two subgroups.
- The result of cutting.
- In lawn tennis, etc., a slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin thus given to the ball.
- The card obtained by dividing the pack.
- The manner or style a garment etc. is fashioned in.
- The act of cutting.
- An artificial navigation channel as distinguished from a navigable river.
- Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- A passage omitted or to be omitted from a play, movie script, speech, etc.
- A string of railway cars coupled together, shorter than a train.
- An opening resulting from cutting; an incision or wound.
- In a strokeplay competition, the early elimination of those players who have not then attained a preannounced score, so that the rest of the competition is less pressed for time and more entertaining for spectators.
- A definable part, such as an individual song, of a recording, particularly of commercial records, audio tapes, CDs, etc.
- A slab, especially of meat.
- A notch shaved into an eyebrow.
- The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- That which is used to dilute or adulterate a recreational drug.
- An unkind act; a cruelty.
- A time period when one tries to lose fat while retaining muscle mass.
- A haircut.
- A decrease.
verb
- To make a quick, heavy stroke or a series of strokes, with or as with an ax.
- To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- To vary or shift suddenly.
- To remove the final character from (a text string).
- To interrupt; with in or out.
- to give a downward cutting blow or movement, typically with the side of the hand.
- To stab.
- To cut into pieces with short, vigorous cutting motions.
- To converse, discuss, or speak with another.
- To stamp or seal (a document); to mark, impress or otherwise place a design or symbol on paper or other material, usually, but not necessarily, to indicate authenticity.
- To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.
- To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.
- To sever with an axe or similar implement.
- To seal a license or passport.
- To chap or crack.
noun
- A movable jaw or cheek, as of a vice.
- A complete shipment.
- A license or passport that has been sealed.
- The device used for stamping or sealing, which also contains the design to be imprinted.
- A blow with an axe, cleaver, or similar utensil.
- A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
- A stamp or seal; a mark, imprint or impression on a document (or other object or material) made by stamping or sealing a design with ink or wax, respectively, or by other methods.
- Ocean waves, generally caused by wind, distinguished from swell by being smaller and not lasting as long.
- A woodchopping competition.
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
- Termination, especially from employment; the sack.
- A blow delivered with the hand rigid and outstretched.
- A mark indicating nature, quality, or brand.
- A turn of fortune; change; a vicissitude.
- A jaw of an animal.
- An IRC channel operator.
- The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbour, or channel.
noun
noun
- A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand; a backhanded stroke.
- The act of going backwards; a reversal.
- The opposite of something.
- The gear setting of an automobile that makes it travel backwards.
- The tails side of a coin, or the side of a medal or badge that is opposite the obverse.
- A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed.
- A piece of misfortune; a setback.
- The side of something facing away from a viewer, or from what is considered the front; the other side.
verb
- To transpose the positions of two things.
- To engage reverse thrust on (an engine).
- To cause a mechanism or a vehicle to operate or move in the opposite direction to normal.
- To turn something around so that it faces the opposite direction or runs in the opposite sequence.
- To revoke a law, or to change a decision into its opposite.
- To change totally; to alter to the opposite.
- To place (a set of points) in the reverse position.
- To change the direction of a reaction such that the products become the reactants and vice-versa.
- To move from the normal position to the reverse position.
- To overthrow; to subvert.
- To turn something inside out or upside down.
adj
- Pertaining to engines, vehicle movement etc. moving in a direction opposite to the usual direction.
- Turned upside down; greatly disturbed.
- In which cDNA synthetization is obtained from an RNA template.
- Reversed.
- Opposite, contrary; going in the opposite direction.
- To be in the non-default position; to be set for the lesser-used route.
noun
- A stroke on the top of the ball.
- A garment worn to cover the torso.
- The highest or uppermost part of something.
- A top quark.
- A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
- A lid, cap or cover of a container.
- A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- the part of something that is usually the top.
- The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
- A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin
- (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
- A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
- A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
- The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- Highest pitch or loudest volume.
- The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- Oral stimulation of the male member, a blowjob.
- The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
- The near end of somewhere
- A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place.
verb
- To anally penetrate in gay sex.
- To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
- To commit suicide.
- To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
- To murder.
- To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
- To cover on the top or with a top.
- To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
- To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- To cover with another dye.
- To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
adv
adj
noun
- The stroke in beating time.
- Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing.
- A verbal operant which is controlled by a nonverbal stimulus (such as an object, event, or property of an object) and is maintained by nonspecific social reinforcement (praise).
- The sense of touch; feeling.
verb
noun
- A sharp upward point formed by two strokes that meet at an acute angle, as in "W", uppercase "A", and closed-top "4", or by a tapered stroke, as in lowercase "t".
- The top of the food chain.
- The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
- The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
- A conical priest cap.
- The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
- The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
- The growing point of a shoot.
- The deepest part of a tooth's root.
- A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.
- The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
- A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
- The lowest part of the human heart.
- The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
- The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
noun
- A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side.
- An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
- Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
- A brief or cursory look.
- A deflection.
- Glance coal.
- A sudden flash of light or splendour.
verb
- To look briefly (at something).
- To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
- A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.
- To sparkle.
- To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
- To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
- To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
- To graze at a surface.
English words for 'a stroke normally made in an upward direction'
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