stroke stroking | a light touch with the hands |
elaboration working out | developing in intricate and painstaking detail |
stroke | a single complete movement |
keystroke key stroke | the stroke of a key, one depression of a key on a keyboard, the number of keystrokes was used as a measure of work |
medal play stroke play | golf scoring by total strokes taken |
stroke shot | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand, it took two strokes to get out of the bunker, a good shot requires good balance and tempo, he left me an almost impossible shot |
tennis stroke tennis shot | the act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket |
backhand backhand stroke backhand shot | a return made with the back of the hand facing the direction of the stroke |
forehand forehand stroke forehand shot | (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
ground stroke | a tennis return made by hitting the ball after it has bounced once |
stroke | any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing |
swimming stroke | a method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forward |
butterfly butterfly stroke | a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down |
golf stroke golf shot swing | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
working dog | any of several breeds of usually large powerful dogs bred to work as draft animals and guard and guide dogs |
four-stroke engine four-stroke internalombustion engine | an internalombustion engine in which an explosive mixture is drawn into the cylinder on the first stroke and is compressed and ignited on the second stroke, work is done on the third stroke and the products of combustion are exhausted on the fourth stroke |
working workings | a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked |
working memory | memory for intermediate results that must be held during thinking |
working principle working rule | a rule that is adequate to permit work to be done |
working papers work papers work permit | a legal document giving information required for employment of certain people in certain countries |
working papers | records kept of activities involved in carrying out a project, the auditor was required to produce his working papers |
working agreement | an informal agreement to work together |
stroke | a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush, she applied the paint in careful strokes |
hair stroke | a very fine line in writing or printing |
solidus slash virgule diagonal stroke separatrix | a punctuation mark ( ) used to separate related items of information |
accident stroke fortuity chance event | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause, winning the lottery was a happy accident, the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck, it was due to an accident or fortuity |
throw stroke cam stroke | the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam |
stroke | a light touch |
labor labour working class proletariat | a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages, there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field |
working group working party | a group of people working together temporarily until some goal is achieved, the working group was supposed to report back in two weeks |
c prostitute cocotte whore harlot bawd tart cyprian fancy woman working girl sporting lady lady of pleasure woman of the street | a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money |
stroke | the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew |
working girl | a young woman who is employed |
workman workingman working man working person | an employee who performs manual or industrial labor |
capital working capital | assets available for use in the production of further assets |
stroke | (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club, Nicklaus won by three strokes |
stroke apoplexy cerebrovascular accident CVA | a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain |
ischemic stroke ischaemic stroke | the most common kind of stroke, caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel) |
hemorrhagic stroke haemorrhagic stroke | stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain |
workday working day | the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage, they work an -hour day |
workday working day work day | a day on which work is done |
stroke | treat gingerly or carefully, You have to stroke the boss |
stroke | strike a ball with a smooth blow |
stroke | row at a particular rate |
stroke | touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions, He stroked his long beard |
propertyless wage-earning working-class blue-collar | of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers, party of the propertyless proletariat- G.B.Shaw |
working | serving to permit or facilitate further work or activity, discussed the working draft of a peace treaty, they need working agreements with their neighbor states on interstate projects |
working(a) on the job(p) | actively engaged in paid work, the working population, the ratio of working men to unemployed, a working mother, robots can be on the job day and night |
running(a) operative functional working(a) | (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing, in running (or working) order, a functional set of brakes |
working(a) | adopted as a temporary basis for further work, a working draft, a working hypothesis |