Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to stroke it
Participle: stroked it
Gerund: stroking it
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | stroke it |
| you | stroke it |
| he;she;it | strokes it |
| we | stroke it |
| you | stroke it |
| they | stroke it |
Perfect
| I | have stroked it |
| you | have stroked it |
| he;she;it | has stroked it |
| we | have stroked it |
| you | have stroked it |
| they | have stroked it |
Past
| I | stroked it |
| you | stroked it |
| he;she;it | stroked it |
| we | stroked it |
| you | stroked it |
| they | stroked it |
Pluperfect
| I | had stroked it |
| you | had stroked it |
| he;she;it | had stroked it |
| we | had stroked it |
| you | had stroked it |
| they | had stroked it |
Future
| I | will stroke it |
| you | will stroke it |
| he;she;it | will stroke it |
| we | will stroke it |
| you | will stroke it |
| they | will stroke it |
Future Perfect
| I | will have stroked it |
| you | will have stroked it |
| he;she;it | will have stroked it |
| we | will have stroked it |
| you | will have stroked it |
| they | will have stroked it |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | stroke it |
| you | stroke it |
| he;she;it | stroke it |
| we | stroke it |
| you | stroke it |
| they | stroke it |
Perfect
| I | have stroked it |
| you | have stroked it |
| he;she;it | have stroked it |
| we | have stroked it |
| you | have stroked it |
| they | have stroked it |
Imperfect
| I | stroked it |
| you | stroked it |
| he;she;it | stroked it |
| we | stroked it |
| you | stroked it |
| they | stroked it |
Pluperfect
| I | had stroked it |
| you | had stroked it |
| he;she;it | had stroked it |
| we | had stroked it |
| you | had stroked it |
| they | had stroked it |
Conditional
Present
| I | would stroke it |
| you | would stroke it |
| he;she;it | would stroke it |
| we | would stroke it |
| you | would stroke it |
| they | would stroke it |
Perfect
| I | would have stroked it |
| you | would have stroked it |
| he;she;it | would have stroked it |
| we | would have stroked it |
| you | would have stroked it |
| they | would have stroked it |
Imperative
| you | stroke it |
| we | Let's stroke it |
| you | stroke it |
Verbs conjugated like 'stroke'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'stroke'
atroke,
stoke,
strake,
strike,
strobe,
troke,
broke,
proke,
scrike,
shmoke,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The noun is derived from Middle English strok, stroke (“blow from a weapon, cut”), from Old English strāc, from Proto-West Germanic *straik, from Proto-Germanic *straikaz (“stroke”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to rub, stroke; to shear; to strike”).
2. Sense 3.6.2.2 (“the oblique, slash, or virgule (‘/’)”) is a contraction of oblique stroke, a variant of oblique which was originally used in telegraphy.
3. The verb is derived from the noun.
4. Cognates
5. * German Streich (“stroke”)
6. * Middle Low German strēk (“stroke, trick, prank”)
7. * Scots strak, strake, straik (“blow, stroke”)
Verbs referencing "stroke"
Irish
stróic, Ido strokar.
Sample Sentences
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“ I's older, ye know, ” said Tom, stroking the boy's fine, curly head with his large, strong hand, but speaking in a voice as tender as a woman 's, “ and I sees all that's bound up in you. O, Mas’r George, you has everything,—l’arnin ’, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] in golden ripples, and heard gay voices, full of ease and pleasure, talking around her everywhere; but her heart lay as if a great stone had fallen on it. Her baby raised himself up against her, and stroked her cheeks with his little hands; and, springing up and down, crowing and chatting, seemed determined to arouse her. She strained him suddenly and tightly in her arms, and slowly one tear after [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ Why so ? ” said St. Clare, stroking her head. “ Why, it makes so many more round you to love, you know, ” said Eva, looking up earnestly.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The gentle, child-like spirit conquered. Cassy sat down by her, put her arm round her neck, stroked her soft, brown hair; and Emmeline then wondered at the beauty of her magnificent eyes, now soft with tears.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)