strike

[[t]straɪk[/t]] past tense struck [[t]strak[/t]]: past participles struck ～stricken [[t]ˈstrɪkən[/t]]

1. verb

1) to hit, knock or give a blow to:

He struck me in the face with his fist

Why did you strike him?

The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head

His head struck the table as he fell

The tower of the church was struck by lightning.

يَضْرُب، يَرتَطِم، يَصْدُم

2) to attack:

The enemy troops struck at dawn

We must prevent the disease striking again.

يُهاجِم

3) to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing:

He struck a match/light

He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.

يَقْدَح عود ثَقاب، يَحُك

4) (of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay:

The men decided to strike for higher wages.

يُضرِبُ، يَقومُ بإضْراب

5) to discover or find:

After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil

If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.

يَكْتَشِف، يَجِد

6) to (make something) sound:

He struck a note on the piano/violin

The clock struck twelve.

يَرِنُّ، يَدُقُّ نَغْمَةً موسيقِيَّه

7) to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person):

I was struck by the resemblance between the two men

How does the plan strike you?

It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.

يُؤَثِّرُ، يَتْرُك تأثيرا

8) to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).

يَسُكُّ، يَضْربُ نُقودا

9) to go in a certain direction:

He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.

يَتَّجِه

10) to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).

يُنْزِلُ رايَةً أو خَيْمَه

2. noun

1) an act of striking:

a miners' strike.

إضْراب

2) a discovery of oil, gold etc:

He made a lucky strike.

إكْتِشاف