Past tense of stroke
regular verb
The past tense of stroke is stroked. The past participle is also stroked.
Forms of stroke
| Base form (V1) | stroke /stɹəʊk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | stroked |
| Past participle (V3) | stroked |
| Present participle | stroking /ˈstɹəʊ̯k.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | strokes /stɹoʊks/ |
Stroked in a sentence
- Yes, it's 'only' a small block, but it’s got some tricks up its sleeve — it's been bored, stroked, ported, polished, and fuel-injected.
- Softly she stroked the carpet with the palms of her hands.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, chapter XVI, in Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane...
- This engine is bored and stroked: the cylinders have been bored out, and the original crankshaft has been replaced with one that has longer throws.From the entry bore out
- Jake came up to the stall and stroked his neck while Jasper nosed around Jake's coat pocket.2023, J. D. Arnold, Rawhide Jake: Learning the Ropes, →ISBN. From the entry nose around
- He stroked the supple leather, imagining it molded to Avily's creamy, delicate flesh.2017 March 9, Jodi Redford, Lover Enraptured, Jodi Redford. From the entry plumpage
Meaning of stroke
- noun An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
- noun An act of striking with a weapon; a blow.
- noun A single movement with a tool; also, an impact of a tool on an object.
Questions about the past tense of stroke
- What is the past tense of stroke?
- The past tense of stroke is stroked.
- What is the past participle of stroke?
- The past participle of stroke is stroked.
- Is stroke a regular or irregular verb?
- Stroke is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stroke (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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