📚 noun • entry_id 47862
downstroke
/ˈdaʊnˌstɹoʊk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pedalada hacia abajo
A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
1997, Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid, London: Faber & Faber, "Erisychthon," lines 41-6, p. 86, He snatches an axe—and hauls / The weight of the broad head up and back. / But in that m…
It was written, not printed; written in a clear, even hand, with thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes, very large, easier than print, and so beautiful that Lucy stared at it for a…
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