strike

1. past tense - struck; verb

1) (to hit, knock or give a blow to: He struck me in the face with his fist; Why did you strike him?; The stone struck me a blow on the side of the head; His head struck the table as he fell; The tower of the church was struck by lightning.) a lovi

2) (to attack: The enemy troops struck at dawn; We must prevent the disease striking again.) a ataca

3) (to produce (sparks or a flame) by rubbing: He struck a match/light; He struck sparks from the stone with his knife.) a scăpăra

4) ((of workers) to stop work as a protest, or in order to force employers to give better pay: The men decided to strike for higher wages.) a face grevă

5) (to discover or find: After months of prospecting they finally struck gold/oil; If we walk in this direction we may strike the right path.) a des­coperi

6) (to (make something) sound: He struck a note on the piano/violin; The clock struck twelve.) a suna

7) (to impress, or give a particular impression to (a person): I was struck by the resemblance between the two men; How does the plan strike you?; It / The thought struck me that she had come to borrow money.) a izbi

8) (to mint or manufacture (a coin, medal etc).) a bate

9) (to go in a certain direction: He left the path and struck (off) across the fields.) a apuca; a merge

10) (to lower or take down (tents, flags etc).) a de­monta; a coborî

2. noun

1) (an act of striking: a miners' strike.) grevă

2) (a discovery of oil, gold etc: He made a lucky strike.) descoperire

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- striker

- striking
- strikingly
- be out on strike
- be on strike
- call a strike
- come out on strike
- come
- be within striking distance of
- strike at
- strike an attitude/pose
- strike a balance
- strike a bargain/agreement
- strike a blow for
- strike down
- strike dumb
- strike fear/terror into
- strike home
- strike it rich
- strike lucky
- strike out
- strike up