STREAK

stripe, streak, bar

(noun) a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; “a green toad with small black stripes or bars”; “may the Stars and Stripes forever wave”

streak

(noun) a distinctive characteristic; “he has a stubborn streak”; “a streak of wildness”

streak

(noun) a sudden flash (as of lightning)

streak, run

(noun) an unbroken series of events; “had a streak of bad luck”; “Nicklaus had a run of birdies”

mottle, streak, blotch

(verb) mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained

streak

(verb) run naked in a public place

streak

(verb) move quickly in a straight line; “The plane streaked across the sky”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

streak (plural streaks)

An irregular line left from smearing or motion.

A continuous series of like events.

The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.

A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.

A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.

(shipbuilding) A strake.

A rung or round of a ladder.

Verb

streak (third-person singular simple present streaks, present participle streaking, simple past and past participle streaked)

(intransitive) To have or obtain streaks.

(intransitive, slang) To run naked in public. (Contrast flash)

(transitive) To create streaks.

(transitive) To move very swiftly.

(obsolete, UK, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

Anagrams

• Akters, Kaster, Skater, Staker, Starke, Tasker, retask, sakret, skater, staker, strake, takers, tasker, trakes

Source: Wiktionary

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Streak, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Stretch, Streek.]

Definition: To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Streak, n. Etym: [OE. streke; akin to D. streek a line, stroke, G. strich, AS. strica, Sw. strek, Dan. streg, Goth. stricks, and E. strike, stroke. See Strike, Stroke, n., and cf. Strake.]

1. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein. What mean those colored streaks in heaven Milton.

2. (Shipbuilding)

Definition: A strake.

3. (Min.)

Definition: 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.

4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]

Streak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Streaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Streaking.]

1. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors. A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black. Sandys. Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. Prior.

2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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