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strike in Hindi हिन्दी
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strike in English
- strike⇄adj. strikeless.
- strike⇄expr. on strike, stopping work to get better pay or shorter hours, or to force an employer to agree to meet some other demand.
Ex. Most of the workers voted to go on strike. - strike⇄expr. strike an attitude. See under attitude.
- strike⇄expr. strike down,
a. to knock down; overcome; defeat.
Ex. Then is sin struck down like an ox (Shakespeare).
b. (Figurative:)
Ex. As early as 1936, the [Supreme] Court had begun striking down state criminal convictions based on - strike⇄expr. strike off,
a. to take off; cancel; remove.
Ex. The first person who flouts her shall be struck off my visiting list (Matilda Betham-Edwards).
b. to print.
Ex. to strike off a hundred copies. - strike⇄expr. strike out,
a. to cross out; rub out.
Ex. His name was struck out of the list of privy councillors (Macaulay).
b. to fail to hit three pitches in baseball; be called out on strikes.
Ex. The batter struck out.
c. to - strike⇄expr. strike up,
a. to begin.
Ex. to strike up a conversation. The two boys struck up a friendship.
b. to begin or cause to begin to play, sing, or sound.
Ex. to strike up a song. Strike up the band.
c. to raise, as by ha - strike⇄noun 1a. the act or fact of finding rich ore in mining or oil in boring.
Ex. He made a rich strike in the Yukon. Drilling crews recently have hit at least ... seven strikes in the same vicinity (Wall Street Journal).
b. (Figurative.) a sudde - strike⇄strike, verb, struck,struckorstricken,or (Obsolete)strookorstrucken,striking,noun.
- strike⇄v.i. 1. to deal or aim a blow.
Ex. to strike at a person with a whip.
2. to tap, rap, or knock.
Ex. He struck upon the window.
3. to wound, or try to wound, prey with the fangs or sting.
Ex. The snake struck at my hand. - strike⇄v.t. 1. to deal a blow to; hit.
Ex. He struck his enemy in anger. The ship struck a rock. The car struck a fence. Lightning struck the barn.
(SYN) smite, beat, buffet, slap.
2. to wound with fangs or sting.
Ex. The snake struck