Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Penmanship) A stroke made with a downward motion of the pen or pencil.
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- noun A
downward stroke , especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stroke normally made in a downward direction
Etymologies
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Examples
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One of my favourite players, Herschel Sizemore, on his tuition DVD, states that the Monroe 'downstroke' style was just too hard for him to do, so he developed the 'other' Monroe style, the 'fiddle' style of playing.
Mandolin Cafe News 2009
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It had complete plumage with fully developed flight feathers and a large wishbone for the attachment of strong muscles for the downstroke of the wings.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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It had complete plumage with fully developed flight feathers and a large wishbone for the attachment of strong muscles for the downstroke of the wings.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Their ghostly appearance is enhanced by the fact that the undersides of their chalk-white wings are dark brown, so with every upstroke they seem to disappear in the moonlight, then reappear on the downstroke.
Country diary: Blanchland, Northumberland-Durham border 2011
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It had complete plumage with fully developed flight feathers and a large wishbone for the attachment of strong muscles for the downstroke of the wings.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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It had complete plumage with fully developed flight feathers and a large wishbone for the attachment of strong muscles for the downstroke of the wings.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Their ghostly appearance is enhanced by the fact that the undersides of their chalk-white wings are dark brown, so with every upstroke they seem to disappear in the moonlight, then reappear on the downstroke.
Country diary: Blanchland, Northumberland-Durham border 2011
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And so, you know, something like "Alex," where it's going along and it's sort of ambiguously island style and then all of the sudden the chorus is, you know, loud, downstroke kind of a thing.
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The dot on the lowercase i is square and wider than the downstroke, and each curves away from the other.
Playing to Type 2008
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Emerson, while you are singing lead, strum only the downstroke, leave out the upstroke, and see how that lets the chord ring.
EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010
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