downstrike

Meanings

1. A bolt of lightning that touches ground.
2. A (usually unintended) branch of current that arcs downward to ground.
3. A blow by a hand or weapon that occurs with a downward striking motion.
4. A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
5. A downstroke; a downward movement that terminates in striking something.
6. A type of manual typewriter that causes the letters to print on the downstroke of the keys and retract as the key rises.
7. A variety of various devices that operates primarily by a downward striking action.
8. A line that is drawn with a downward stroke.

1. To strike down; to knock down, kill, or cripple.
2. To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
3. To arc to ground in a downstrike.
4. To strike from above.
5. To move downward in a striking motion.
6. To go in a downward direction.
7. To point (finish a joint) by pressing mortar in at the bottom.
8. To play a stringed instrument with a downward plucking motion.

1. downward or further down.

1. In a downward direction

Etymology

From down + strike.