downstrike

== English == === Etymology === From down +‎ strike. === Noun === downstrike (plural downstrikes) A bolt of lightning that touches ground. (electrical engineering) A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground. A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion. A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument. A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something. A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises. A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action. A line that is drawn with a downward stroke. === Verb === downstrike (third-person singular simple present downstrikes, present participle downstriking, simple past downstruck, past participle downstricken) To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple. To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly. (of current or lightning) To arc to ground in a downstrike. To strike from above. To move downward in a striking motion. To go in a downward direction. (masonry) To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom. To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion. === Adjective === downstrike (comparative more downstrike, superlative most downstrike) downward or further down. === Adverb === downstrike (comparative more downstrike, superlative most downstrike) In a downward direction === Anagrams === strike down