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Meaning of 'streak' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Streak [ n.]
- A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
- A strake.
- The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
- The rung or round of a ladder.
2 . Streak [ v. t.]
- To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
- To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
- With it as an object: To run swiftly.

Meaning of 'streak' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . streak [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
Example in sentence:
  • a green toad with small black stripes or bars;
  • may the Stars and Stripes forever wave
Meaning (2):
- a distinctive characteristic
Example in sentence:
  • a streak of wildness;
  • he has a stubborn streak
Meaning (3):
- an unbroken series of events
Example in sentence:
  • had a streak of bad luck;
  • Nicklaus had a run of birdies
4 . streak [ v]
Meaning (4):
- move quickly in a straight line
Example in sentence:
  • The plane streaked across the sky

Nearby Words:

strabism strabismometer strabismus strabotomy straddle straddled straddling stradometrical straggle straggled

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