strike – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of strike

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

See the 7 cognates of strike

Indicative

Present

Istrike sb down
youstrike sb down
he;she;itstrikes sb down
westrike sb down
youstrike sb down
theystrike sb down

Perfect

Ihave striked sb down; struck sb down
youhave striked sb down; struck sb down
he;she;ithas striked sb down; struck sb down
wehave striked sb down; struck sb down
youhave striked sb down; struck sb down
theyhave striked sb down; struck sb down

Past

Istriked sb down; struck sb down
youstriked sb down; struck sb down
he;she;itstriked sb down; struck sb down
westriked sb down; struck sb down
youstriked sb down; struck sb down
theystriked sb down; struck sb down

Pluperfect

Ihad striked sb down; struck sb down
youhad striked sb down; struck sb down
he;she;ithad striked sb down; struck sb down
wehad striked sb down; struck sb down
youhad striked sb down; struck sb down
theyhad striked sb down; struck sb down

Future

Iwill strike sb down
youwill strike sb down
he;she;itwill strike sb down
wewill strike sb down
youwill strike sb down
theywill strike sb down

Future Perfect

Iwill have striked sb down; struck sb down
youwill have striked sb down; struck sb down
he;she;itwill have striked sb down; struck sb down
wewill have striked sb down; struck sb down
youwill have striked sb down; struck sb down
theywill have striked sb down; struck sb down

Subjunctive

Present

Istrike sb down
youstrike sb down
he;she;itstrike sb down
westrike sb down
youstrike sb down
theystrike sb down

Perfect

Ihave striked sb down; struck sb down
youhave striked sb down; struck sb down
he;she;ithave striked sb down; struck sb down
wehave striked sb down; struck sb down
youhave striked sb down; struck sb down
theyhave striked sb down; struck sb down

Imperfect

Istriked sb down; struck sb down
youstriked sb down; struck sb down
he;she;itstriked sb down; struck sb down
westriked sb down; struck sb down
youstriked sb down; struck sb down
theystriked sb down; struck sb down

Pluperfect

Ihad striked sb down; struck sb down
youhad striked sb down; struck sb down
he;she;ithad striked sb down; struck sb down
wehad striked sb down; struck sb down
youhad striked sb down; struck sb down
theyhad striked sb down; struck sb down

Conditional

Present

Iwould strike sb down
youwould strike sb down
he;she;itwould strike sb down
wewould strike sb down
youwould strike sb down
theywould strike sb down

Perfect

Iwould have striked sb down; struck sb down
youwould have striked sb down; struck sb down
he;she;itwould have striked sb down; struck sb down
wewould have striked sb down; struck sb down
youwould have striked sb down; struck sb down
theywould have striked sb down; struck sb down

Imperative

youstrike sb down
weLet's strike sb down
youstrike sb down

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam striking sb down
youare striking sb down
he;she;itis striking sb down
weare striking sb down
youare striking sb down
theyare striking sb down

Perfect

Ihave been striking sb down
youhave been striking sb down
he;she;ithas been striking sb down
wehave been striking sb down
youhave been striking sb down
theyhave been striking sb down

Past

Iwas striking sb down
youwere striking sb down
he;she;itwas striking sb down
wewere striking sb down
youwere striking sb down
theywere striking sb down

Pluperfect

Ihad been striking sb down
youhad been striking sb down
he;she;ithad been striking sb down
wehad been striking sb down
youhad been striking sb down
theyhad been striking sb down

Future

Iwill be striking sb down
youwill be striking sb down
he;she;itwill be striking sb down
wewill be striking sb down
youwill be striking sb down
theywill be striking sb down

Future Perfect

Iwill have been striking sb down
youwill have been striking sb down
he;she;itwill have been striking sb down
wewill have been striking sb down
youwill have been striking sb down
theywill have been striking sb down

Conditional

Present

Iwould be striking sb down
youwould be striking sb down
he;she;itwould be striking sb down
wewould be striking sb down
youwould be striking sb down
theywould be striking sb down

Perfect

Iwould have been striking sb down
youwould have been striking sb down
he;she;itwould have been striking sb down
wewould have been striking sb down
youwould have been striking sb down
theywould have been striking sb down

Other

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.

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)