streak
n.
narrow irregular line, stripe, smear; rapid movement or something that moves very quickly; trace, small amount; layer, stratum; unbroken series of events; spell or run (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
v.
mark with streaks; lighten strands of hair; run very quickly, dash
Streak
streak
Noun
1. an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"
(synonym) run
(hypernym) succession
(hyponym) losing streak
2. a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"
(hypernym) characteristic
3. a marking of a different color or texture from the background
(synonym) stripe
(hypernym) marking
(hyponym) band, stria, striation
(derivation) mottle, blotch
4. a sudden flash (as of lightning)
(hypernym) flash
Verb
1. move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"
(hypernym) move
2. run naked in a public place
(hypernym) run
(derivation) streaker
3. mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
(synonym) mottle, blotch
(hypernym) color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
(derivation) stripe
Streak
(v. t.)
With it as an object: To run swiftly.
(v. t.)
To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
(v. t.)
To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
(n.)
The rung or round of a ladder.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A strake.
(n.)
A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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streak
The color of a mineral in its powdered form. This color is usually determined by rubbing the mineral against an unglazed porcelain slab and observing the mark made by it on the slab.