stroke
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- noun
- /stroʊk/
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brazada (natación)
- She demonstrated her freestyle stroke at the competition, finishing with a strong kick off the wall.
- stroke frequency
- decreased stroke frequency
So for sprinting or swimming or running where the goal is to generate more strokes or more efficient strokes or more steps, etcetera.
- So for sprinting or swimming or running where the goal is to generate more strokes or more efficient strokes or more steps, etcetera.
- I mean, it was like I said, a swimming pool and you full stroke no problem, right?
Examples
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Hows your breast-stroke?
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Joze swam down, making himself stroke smoothly in spite of his growing excitement.
Fiction book (1993) -
This kind of phase helped me a lot to achieve the rest stroke technique I have now.
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Maybe it was butterfly stroke.
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How to improve your breast stroke?
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As I got used to the water and my strokes grew stronger, my fear went away.
Fiction book (1992) -
When we got close to shore, I picked up my stroke and swam on ahead.
Fiction book (1992) -
Joze looked up and saw that Dragomir's panicked strokes had brought them into the harbor.
Fiction book (1993) -
When swimming in the pool, I focus on perfecting my stroke to ensure I move efficiently through the water.
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To improve your swimming performance, it's important to practice different strokes like butterfly and backstroke.
Synonyms
A way of moving arms and legs in water to swim forward
Idioms
Compounds
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4.2
A short time when blood flow to the brain stops and causes sudden symptoms like weakness or trouble speaking
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1
5.1
A stroke caused by a blood clot that stops blood flow to the brain
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3.9
A swimming stroke where both arms move forward together and the legs kick like a dolphin
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4.4
A machine that makes power using four piston movements in one cycle
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5.6
A sudden bleed inside the brain that damages nearby brain cells
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A machine that burns fuel inside and makes power in four piston strokes
- Specialized
A machine that removes branches from cut trees to prepare logs for transport
- Informal
A nickname for Derry/Londonderry that highlights its lively art and culture
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Stroke originally meant 'a single movement' or 'a hit', like the common word strike, so a swimming or rowing stroke is one complete arm-and-leg movement that moves you through the water.