strike – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to strike down sth
Participle: striked down sth; struck down sth
Gerund: striking down sth

Cognates

See the 7 cognates of strike

Indicative

Present

I	strike down sth
you	strike down sth
he;she;it	strikes down sth
we	strike down sth
you	strike down sth
they	strike down sth

Perfect

I	have striked down sth; struck down sth
you	have striked down sth; struck down sth
he;she;it	has striked down sth; struck down sth
we	have striked down sth; struck down sth
you	have striked down sth; struck down sth
they	have striked down sth; struck down sth

Past

I	striked down sth; struck down sth
you	striked down sth; struck down sth
he;she;it	striked down sth; struck down sth
we	striked down sth; struck down sth
you	striked down sth; struck down sth
they	striked down sth; struck down sth

Pluperfect

I	had striked down sth; struck down sth
you	had striked down sth; struck down sth
he;she;it	had striked down sth; struck down sth
we	had striked down sth; struck down sth
you	had striked down sth; struck down sth
they	had striked down sth; struck down sth

Future

I	will strike down sth
you	will strike down sth
he;she;it	will strike down sth
we	will strike down sth
you	will strike down sth
they	will strike down sth

Future Perfect

I	will have striked down sth; struck down sth
you	will have striked down sth; struck down sth
he;she;it	will have striked down sth; struck down sth
we	will have striked down sth; struck down sth
you	will have striked down sth; struck down sth
they	will have striked down sth; struck down sth

Subjunctive

Present

I	strike down sth
you	strike down sth
he;she;it	strike down sth
we	strike down sth
you	strike down sth
they	strike down sth

Perfect

I	have striked down sth; struck down sth
you	have striked down sth; struck down sth
he;she;it	have striked down sth; struck down sth
we	have striked down sth; struck down sth
you	have striked down sth; struck down sth
they	have striked down sth; struck down sth

Imperfect

I	striked down sth; struck down sth
you	striked down sth; struck down sth
he;she;it	striked down sth; struck down sth
we	striked down sth; struck down sth
you	striked down sth; struck down sth
they	striked down sth; struck down sth

Pluperfect

I	had striked down sth; struck down sth
you	had striked down sth; struck down sth
he;she;it	had striked down sth; struck down sth
we	had striked down sth; struck down sth
you	had striked down sth; struck down sth
they	had striked down sth; struck down sth

Conditional

Present

I	would strike down sth
you	would strike down sth
he;she;it	would strike down sth
we	would strike down sth
you	would strike down sth
they	would strike down sth

Perfect

I	would have striked down sth; struck down sth
you	would have striked down sth; struck down sth
he;she;it	would have striked down sth; struck down sth
we	would have striked down sth; struck down sth
you	would have striked down sth; struck down sth
they	would have striked down sth; struck down sth

Imperative

you	strike down sth
we	Let's strike down sth
you	strike down sth

Indicative

Present

I	am striking down sth
you	are striking down sth
he;she;it	is striking down sth
we	are striking down sth
you	are striking down sth
they	are striking down sth

Perfect

I	have been striking down sth
you	have been striking down sth
he;she;it	has been striking down sth
we	have been striking down sth
you	have been striking down sth
they	have been striking down sth

Past

I	was striking down sth
you	were striking down sth
he;she;it	was striking down sth
we	were striking down sth
you	were striking down sth
they	were striking down sth

Pluperfect

I	had been striking down sth
you	had been striking down sth
he;she;it	had been striking down sth
we	had been striking down sth
you	had been striking down sth
they	had been striking down sth

Future

I	will be striking down sth
you	will be striking down sth
he;she;it	will be striking down sth
we	will be striking down sth
you	will be striking down sth
they	will be striking down sth

Future Perfect

I	will have been striking down sth
you	will have been striking down sth
he;she;it	will have been striking down sth
we	will have been striking down sth
you	will have been striking down sth
they	will have been striking down sth

Conditional

Present

I	would be striking down sth
you	would be striking down sth
he;she;it	would be striking down sth
we	would be striking down sth
you	would be striking down sth
they	would be striking down sth

Perfect

I	would have been striking down sth
you	would have been striking down sth
he;she;it	would have been striking down sth
we	would have been striking down sth
you	would have been striking down sth
they	would have been striking down sth

Verbs conjugated like 'strike'

strike,

Verbs similar to 'strike'

scrike, skrike, strake, stride, stripe, strive, stroke, trike, atroke, rike,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated place: attack, pounce
to apply violent force to a person or object: abuse, aggress, assault, attack, beat, beleaguer, bepommel, beset, besiege, bombard, charge, dust up, fall on, fall upon, hit, impugn, invade, lay into, lay siege, let someone have it, light into, onfall, onset, overrun, pommel, pound, rush, set the dogs upon, set upon, storm, strike at, wap, whap
to administer a physical blow: bang, baste, batter, beat, belabor, blow, boom-boom, buffet, butt, dab, dash, dowse, fetch one a blow, flap, give toco, hammer, hit, kick, knock, lunge, pat, patter, pelt, pink, poke, pound, pummel, punch, rap, slam, slap, swap, tap, thrash, thump, thwack, whack, whip, yerk
to remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material: blue-pencil, cancel, clear, cross out, eliminate, erase, exclude, expunge, obliterate, remove, rub out, score, scrap, scratch, scrub, squelch, strike out, terminate, delete
hit: beat, slap, knock, biff, buffet, clout, cuff, pound
light: ignite, inflame, burn
impress: affect, overwhelm
picket: boycott, oppose, resist, stop, quit
discover: unearth, find, uncover

Antonyms

light: darkness, blackness, death, confusion
discover: cover, hide, conceal, secrete

Additional Information

Cf. Old English strong verb strīcan .

The form 'stricken' is used in American English in sentences of passive voice. In British English stricken is an adjective.

Phrasal Verbs

~ back, ~ down somebody, ~ somebody down, ~ down something, ~ something down, ~ on something, ~ upon something, ~ out, ~ out something, ~ something out, ~ up something, ~ up (something),

Etymology

1. O.E. strican "pass over lightly, stroke, smooth, rub," also "go, proceed" (past tense strac, pp. stricen), from P.Gmc. *strik- (cf. O.N. strykva "to stroke," O.Fris. strika, M.Du. streken, Du. strikjen "to smooth, stroke, rub," O.H.G. strihhan, Ger. streichen), from PIE base *str(e)ig- "to stroke, rub, press" (see strigil). Related to streak and stroke, and perhaps influenced in sense development by cognate O.N. striuka. Sense of "to deal a blow" developed by 1325; meaning "to collide" is from c.1340; that of "to hit with a missile" is from 1377. Meaning "to cancel or expunge" (as with the stroke of a pen) is attested from c.1386. An older sense is preserved in strike for "go toward."
2. From Middle English stryken, from Old English strīcan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, rub, press”).
3. Cognate with Dutch strijken, German streichen, Danish stryge, Icelandic strýkja, strýkva. See: Middle English 'stryken', Proto-Germanic '*strīkaną', Dutch 'strijken', German, old spelling 'streichen', Danish 'stryge', Icelandic 'strýkja'.

Verbs referencing "strike"

French striker, German, old spelling streichen, French étriquer, Norwegian, nynorsk streike, Low Saxon strieken, Finnish with old forms streikata, Luxembourgish sträichen, Danish strejke.

Sample Sentences

[...] imagination to conceive. To say that she is flung down on her side in the waves, with her masts dipping into them, and that, springing up again, she rolls over on the other side, until a heavy sea strikes her with the noise of a hundred great guns, and hurls her back—that she stops, and staggers, and shivers, as though stunned, and then, with a violent throbbing at her heart, darts onward like a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] the captain by the stewardess, requesting him, with her compliments, to have a steel conductor immediately attached to the top of every mast, and to the chimney, in order that the ship might not be struck by lightning. They and the handmaid before mentioned, being in such ecstasies of fear that I scarcely knew what to do with them, I naturally bethought myself of some restorative or comfortable [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] of the paddle-boxes had been torn sheer away. The wheels were exposed and bare; and they whirled and dashed their spray about the decks at random. Chimney, white with crusted salt; topmasts struck; storm-sails set; rigging all knotted, tangled, wet, and drooping: a gloomier picture it would be hard to look upon. (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] we thought ) into Halifax Harbour, on the fifteenth night, with little wind and a bright moon—indeed, we had made the Light at its outer entrance, and put the pilot in charge—when suddenly the ship struck upon a bank of mud. An immediate rush on deck took place of course; the sides were crowded in an instant; and for a few minutes we were in as lively a state of confusion as the greatest lover of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] slashing his whip so near the horse that the creature was frightened. I asked him to stop, as pleasant as I could,—he just kept right on. I begged him again, and then he turned on me, and began striking me. I held his hand, and then he screamed and kicked and ran to his father, and told him that I was fighting him. He came in a rage, and said he'd teach me who was my master; and he tied me to a [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
The words smote heavily on Eliza's heart; the vision of the trader came before her eyes, and, as if some one had struck her a deadly blow, she turned pale and gasped for breath. She looked nervously out on the verandah, where the boy, tired of the grave conversation, had retired, and where he was riding triumphantly [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] learned, in the manual alphabet of the deaf mutes. In this lonely self-communion she seems to reason, reflect, and argue; if she spell a word wrong with the fingers of her right hand, she instantly strikes it with her left, as her teacher does, in sign of disapprobation; if right, then she pats herself upon the head, and looks pleased. She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong with the left hand, [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] if right, then she pats herself upon the head, and looks pleased. She sometimes purposely spells a word wrong with the left hand, looks roguish for a moment and laughs, and then with the right hand strikes the left, as if to correct it. (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] dinner, singly, through a trap in the kitchen wall; and each man carries his to his sleeping cell to eat it, where he is locked up, alone, for that purpose, one hour. The whole of this arrangement struck me as being admirable; and I hope that the next new prison we erect in England may be built on this plan. (American Notes for General Circulation)
Eliza's look of dismay and disappointment struck the woman, and she said, inquiringly, (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
SIMPLE JACK:... makes my eyes rain ! JEFF: I'll cradle the balls, stroke the shaft, (Tropic Thunder)
♪ Look, look out, be aware Open your eyes and beware ♪ ♪ Like the thundering sea shall I tame the waves striking at me ? ♪ (Magudam)

strike – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of strike

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'strike'

Verbs similar to 'strike'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "strike"

Sample Sentences