struck
STRUK/stɹʌk/
- 1Simple past and past participle of strike.
Lightning struck the old oak tree at the edge of the field.
The committee struck the controversial clause from the final draft.
Note
One form does double duty here. It is the simple past (lightning struck the oak) and, after have or be, the past participle (the oak was struck, the committee has struck the clause). Every meaning of strike carries over: a clause struck from a draft, a coin or medal struck by stamping, and, in an older nautical use, a ship that struck on a rock and ran aground.
struck is a form of strike
strike, verb: To hit someone or something hard or with force, with the hand, a tool or weapon, or by crashing into it. Full entry
- Spelling
- strike → struck: irregular (no -ed)
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