1. (n.)stroke an act or instance of striking, as with the fist or a hammer; blow.
2. stroke a hitting of or upon anything.
3. stroke a striking of a clapper or hammer, as on a bell, or the sound produced by this.
4. stroke a throb or pulsation, as of the heart.
5. stroke a blockage or hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain, causing an inadequate oxygen supply and often long-term impairment of sensation, movement, or functioning of part of the body.
6. stroke a sudden, vigorous action or movement likened to a blow in its effect.
7. stroke a hitting of the ball in tennis, pool, etc.
8. stroke a single complete movement, esp. one continuously repeated in some process.
9. stroke a movement of a pen, pencil, brush, or the like.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME (v.), OE strācian, c. MD, MLG strēken, OHG
Definition of 'stroke'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)stroke, shot (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"
2. (noun)throw, stroke, cam stroke the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
3. (noun)stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygenlack in the brain
4. (noun)stroke a light touch
5. (noun)stroke, stroking a light touch with the hands
6. (noun)stroke (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club "Nicklaus won by three strokes"
7. (noun)stroke the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
8. (noun)accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity"
9. (noun)solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
10. (noun)stroke a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush "she applied the paint in careful strokes"
11. (noun)stroke any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
6. stroke a stroke of luck an unexpected positive event By a stroke of luck a policeman was standing right there.
7. stroke a stroke of genius a sudden intelligent solution to a problem the stroke of genius that let him win the chess match
8. (verb)stroke to pull your hand across sth gently Her mother stroked her hair.
Definition of 'stroke'
Webster Dictionary
1. stroke struck
2. (verb)stroke the act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostileattack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon
6. (verb)stroke a mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firmstroke
7. (verb)stroke hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay
8. (verb)stroke a sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death
10. (verb)stroke one of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc
12. (verb)stroke the oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar
13. (verb)stroke the rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman
14. (verb)stroke a powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a masterstroke of policy
15. (verb)stroke the movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steamengine or a pump, in which these partshave a reciprocating motion; as, the forwardstroke of a piston; also, the entiredistance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at halfstroke
19. (verb)stroke to rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe
1. stroke A group of pathological conditions characterized by sudden, non-convulsive loss of neurological function due to BRAINISCHEMIA or INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES. Stroke is classified by the type of tissue NECROSIS, such as the anatomic location, vasculature involved, etiology, age of the affected individual, and hemorrhagic vs. non-hemorrhagic nature. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp777-810)
Definitions of stroke 
Afrikaans: slag
Arabic: ضَرْبَه، خَبْطَه
Bulgarian: удряне
Brazilian: golpe
Czech: úder; rána
German: der Schlag
Danish: slag
Greek: χτύπημα
Spanish: golpe
Estonian: löök
Farsi: ضربه
Finnish: isku
French: coup
Hebrew: מַכָּה
Hindi: प्रहार, आघात
Croatian: udarac
Hungarian: csapás
Indonesian: pukulan
Icelandic: högg
Italian: colpo
Japanese: －打ち
Korean: 타격
Lithuanian: smūgis
Latvian: vēziens; sitiens; cirtien
Malay: ayunan
Dutch: slag
Norwegian: slag, hogg
Polish: cios, uderzenie
Persian: ضربه
Pashto: ضربه
Portuguese: golpe
Romanian: lovitură
Russian: удар
Slovak: úder, rana
Slovenian: udarec
Serbian: udarac
Swedish: slag, hugg, rapp
Thai: การตี
Turkish: vuruş, darbe
Taiwanese: (一)打，擊，敲
Ukrainian: удар
Urdu: ضرب
Vietnamese: cú đánh, đòn, nhát
Chinese: （一）打，击，敲
