[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/struck/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / struck # struck verb, past and past participle of «strike» (strike, strikes, struck, striking) «struck» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Hit someone or something hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#m1) 2. Of lightning: hit something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#m2) 3. Of a clock: rang a bell to show the time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#m3) 4. Of an idea or feeling: came suddenly to someone's mind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#m4) 5. Lit a match by rubbing it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#m5) 6. Stopped work as a protest (as in a strike). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#m6) 7. To strike terror into someone is to make them suddenly very frightened. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#m7) ### In the lessons In stories, lightning struck a tree, the clock struck midnight, an idea struck the hero, or the ship struck a rock. In safety, if you hear thunder, lightning can strike — go indoors and stay away from tall trees and water. In maths, «the clock struck 3» can be a problem: how many chimes in a day? Phrases: «struck by lightning», «the clock struck», «it struck me that», «struck a match», «struck dumb». ### Examples - Lightning struck the old oak tree. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#x1) - The clock struck twelve at midnight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#x2) - It suddenly struck me that I'd left my bag on the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#x3) - The ship struck a rock and began to sink. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#x4) - He struck a match to light the candle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#x5) - The ball struck the window and cracked it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#x6) - We were struck by how big the whale was. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#x7) - The workers struck for better pay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#x8) - The command struck terror among the beasts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/#x9) ### Note Irregular: strike, struck, struck (also «stricken» in some phrases). Myth: lightning can strike the same place twice — tall buildings are struck many times a year. Matches are for adults; never play with them. ## In Jewish tradition When it says the LORD "struck" someone, it means God sent illness or punishment. "Struck hands" means making a pledge by clasping hands. **Interpretation.** Tradition reads David's child's illness as a result of the sin with Bathsheba. Striking hands for another person is read as a warning not to guarantee a loan lightly. ### Examples - And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore unto David, and it was very sick. (Prophets 2SA.12.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/struck/#x1) - My son, if thou art become surety for thy neighbour, if thou hast struck thy hands for a stranger — (Writings PRO.6.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/struck/#x2) - 'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? (Writings PRO.23.35, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/struck/#x3) ### Note Irregular: strike, struck, struck (also «stricken» in some phrases). Myth: lightning can strike the same place twice — tall buildings are struck many times a year. Matches are for adults; never play with them. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «struck» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/struck/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«struck» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/struck.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «struck» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/struck/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«struck» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/struck.html) on Mova free.