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stroke
/strəʊk/ noun [C]Definition
ILLNESS › a sudden problem in your brain that changes the flow of blood and makes you unable to move part of your body: to have/suffer a stroke
MOVEMENT › a movement that you make against something with your hand, a pen, brush, etc: a brush stroke
SWIMMING › a style of swimming
SPORT › when you move your arm and hit the ball in sports such as tennis, golf, etc
(Definition of stroke noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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