bestryka

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Swedish

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Etymology

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be- +‎ stryka (stroke)

Verb

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bestryka (present bestryker, preterite beströk, supine bestrykt, imperative bestryk)

  1. (transitive) to stroke with something (like a brush), applying a layer of some substance; to coat, to brush, to smear, to skim (plaster)
    Väggen beströks med vit limfärg
    The wall was coated with white distemper
  2. (rare) to stroke more generally
    Han sträckte ut sin hand genom bilrutan och lät den bestrykas av vetet
    He put his hand out through the car window and let it be caressed by the wheat
  3. (figuratively) to sweep by (something) at a short distance (so as to "stroke" it)

Conjugation

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