strychować
//strɘˈxɔ.vat͡ɕ//
Polishverb
Definitions
- 1.to injure pasterns by catching one leg with the other
- 2.to run across the field looking for game spoor
- 3.obsoleteto line (to mark or cover with lines)
- 4.obsoleteto even, to level using a strickle
- 5.obsoleteto separate (to disunite from a group or mass)
- 6.obsoleteto graze (to rub or touch lightly the surface of (a thing) in passing)
- 7.obsoleteto shell, to strafe [with instrumental ‘with what’]
Synonyms & related words
Word family
- strychowny
- zestrychować
Related words (10)
- strych
- strycha
- strycharstwo
- strycharz
- strychawka
- strychówka
- strychulec
- odstrychnąć
- odstrychać
- podstrychnąć
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish strychować, from Middle High German strīchen, from Old High German strīhhan, from Proto-West Germanic *strīkan, from Proto-Germanic *strīkaną, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to rub, stroke”). Doublet of strajkować (“to strike”) and strzyc (“to shear”).