downstrike (English, verb)
expansion: downstrike (third-person singular simple present downstrikes, present participle downstriking, simple past downstruck, past participle downstricken)
Senses:
glosses: To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
glosses: To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
glosses: To arc to ground in a downstrike.
raw_tags: of current or lightning
glosses: To strike from above.
glosses: To move downward in a stiking motion.
glosses: To go in a downward direction.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
masonry
glosses: To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
glosses: To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.
Forms:
form: downstrikes
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: downstriking
tags: participle
present
form: downstruck
tags: past
form: downstricken
tags: participle
past