Word info

downstrike

Speech parts

1. downstrike - Noun

2. downstrike - Adjective

3. downstrike - Verb

4. downstrike - Adverb

Meaning

A bolt of lightning that touches ground.

(electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.

A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.

A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.

A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.

A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.

A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.

A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.

To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.

To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.

(of current or lightning) To arc to ground in a downstrike.

To strike from above.

To move downward in a stiking motion.

To go in a downward direction.

(masonry) To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.

To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.

downstrike (comparative more downstrike, superlative most downstrike)

downward or further down.

downstrike (comparative more downstrike, superlative most downstrike)

In a downward direction

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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