Stroke

To dream that you have a stroke, indicates your inability to function in certain situation of your waking life. You may be dealing with issues of acceptance/rejection and approval/disapproval.

To see someone suffering from a stroke, suggests your own repressed fears. Consider how aspects of that person have been repressed within your own self.

Dictionary definition

n. 1: (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" [syn: stroke, shot]
2: the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam [syn: throw, stroke, cam stroke]
3: a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain [syn: stroke, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, CVA]
4: a light touch
5: a light touch with the hands [syn: stroke, stroking]
6: (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club; "Nicklaus won by three strokes"
7: the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
8: anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" [syn: accident, stroke, fortuity, chance event]
9: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information [syn: solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix]
10: a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush; "she applied the paint in careful strokes"
11: any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
12: a single complete movement
v. 1: touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard"
2: strike a ball with a smooth blow
3: row at a particular rate
4: treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss"