English Dictionary

stroke

/stɹəʊk/

verb

To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.

He stroke the cat gently.

意味（1）

To move one's hand or an object (such as a broom or brush) along (a surface) in one direction, touching it lightly; to caress.

His Majestie began first to touch for yᵉ evil, according to custome, thus: his Maᵗⁱᵉ sitting under his State in yᵉ Banquetting House, the Chirurgeons cause the sick to be brought or led up to the throne, where they kneeling, yᵉ King strokes their faces or cheekes with both his hands at once, at which instant a Chaplaine in his formalities says, He put his hands upon them and he healed them.

意味（2）

(also figuratively) To bring (something) to a certain condition by stroking (sense 1).

意味（3）

(especially psychoanalysis) To give assurance to (someone) through encouragement.

[W]hen thou cam'ſt firſt / Thou ſtroakſt me, & made much of me: […]

意味（4）

(by extension, chiefly US, politics) To influence (someone) by convincing or flattering them.

意味（5）

(agriculture) To milk (a cow or other animal); especially, to squeeze the teat of (a cow, etc.) to extract the last bit of milk from the udder; to strap (dialectal), to strip.

意味（6）

(masonry) To give a finely fluted surface to (stone) by carving it with a tool.

意味（7）

To sharpen (a knife or other cutting instrument) by honing or rubbing it against a surface.

意味（8）

(figuratively) To soothe (someone); also, to flatter or indulge (someone).