'Streak' definitions:
Definition of 'streak'
(from WordNet)
noun
An unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" [syn: streak, run]
noun
A distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"
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" [syn: stripe, streak, bar]
noun
A sudden flash (as of lightning)
verb
Move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"
verb
Run naked in a public place
verb
Definition of 'Streak'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Streak'
From: GCIDE
- Streak \Streak\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- What mean those colored streaks in heaven? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Shipbuilding) A strake. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Min.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Streak'
From: GCIDE
- Streak \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. [1913 Webster]
- A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black. --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
- Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
- 2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'streak'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actinic ray,
- actinism,
- animus,
- antelope,
- aptitude,
- arrow,
- atomic beam,
- atomic ray,
- band,
- bar,
- beam,
- beam of light,
- belt,
- bent,
- bespangle,
- bespeckle,
- bespot,
- bezel,
- bias,
- blaze,
- blaze a trail,
- blemish,
- blotch,
- blue darter,
- blue streak,
- body-build,
- bolt,
- brand,
- canal,
- canalize,
- cannonball,
- carve,
- cast,
- chalk,
- chalk up,
- chamfer,
- channel,
- character,
- characteristic,
- characteristics,
- chase,
- check,
- check off,
- checker,
- chink,
- chisel,
- cicatrize,
- complexion,
- composition,
- constituents,
- constitution,
- corrugate,
- corrugation,
- courser,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crasis,
- craze,
- crimp,
- cross-hatching,
- cut,
- dado,
- dapple,
- dart,
- dash,
- daub,
- define,
- delimit,
- delineation,
- demarcate,
- dharma,
- diagonal,
- diathesis,
- dike,
- discolor,
- disposition,
- ditch,
- dot,
- dotted line,
- eagle,
- eccentricity,
- electricity,
- engrave,
- engraving,
- ethos,
- express train,
- fiber,
- flake,
- flash,
- fleck,
- flute,
- fluting,
- fly,
- frame,
- freckle,
- furrow,
- gamma ray,
- gash,
- gazelle,
- genius,
- gleam,
- goffer,
- gouge,
- grain,
- greased lightning,
- greyhound,
- groove,
- gruel,
- gully,
- habit,
- hachure,
- hairline,
- hare,
- harlequin,
- hasten,
- hatch,
- hatching,
- hue,
- humor,
- humors,
- hurry,
- hurtle,
- idiosyncrasy,
- ilk,
- impress,
- imprint,
- incise,
- incision,
- inclination,
- individualism,
- infrared ray,
- invisible radiation,
- iris,
- jet plane,
- kidney,
- kind,
- lath,
- layer,
- leam,
- leaning,
- light,
- lightning,
- line,
- lineation,
- list,
- maculate,
- make,
- make a mark,
- makeup,
- marble,
- marbleize,
- mark,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mental set,
- mercury,
- mere shadow,
- mettle,
- microgroove,
- mind,
- mind-set,
- mold,
- motley,
- mottle,
- nature,
- nick,
- notch,
- paper,
- patch,
- pencil,
- pepper,
- period,
- photon,
- physique,
- pleat,
- plow,
- point,
- polychrome,
- polychromize,
- predilection,
- predisposition,
- preference,
- prick,
- print,
- proclivity,
- propensity,
- property,
- punch,
- punctuate,
- puncture,
- quality,
- quicksilver,
- rabbet,
- race,
- radiation,
- radiorays,
- rail,
- rainbow,
- rake,
- ray,
- ray of light,
- ribbon,
- ribbon of light,
- riddle,
- rifle,
- rifling,
- rocket,
- ruck,
- run,
- rush,
- rut,
- scar,
- scared rabbit,
- scarify,
- scoot,
- score,
- scotch,
- scratch,
- seal,
- seam,
- set,
- shadow,
- shaving,
- shot,
- skeleton,
- slant,
- slash,
- slat,
- slip,
- slit,
- smear,
- solar rays,
- somatotype,
- sort,
- soup,
- spangle,
- spate,
- speck,
- speckle,
- speed,
- spell,
- spirit,
- splinter,
- splotch,
- spot,
- sprinkle,
- sprint,
- stain,
- stamp,
- stigmatize,
- stipple,
- strain,
- strake,
- stratum,
- streak of lightning,
- streaking,
- stream,
- stream of light,
- streamer,
- stretch,
- stria,
- striate,
- striation,
- striature,
- striga,
- striola,
- strip,
- stripe,
- striped snake,
- striping,
- stroke,
- stud,
- sublineation,
- suchness,
- sulcation,
- sulcus,
- swallow,
- system,
- tattoo,
- tear,
- temper,
- temperament,
- tendency,
- tenor,
- tessellate,
- thought,
- thunderbolt,
- tick,
- tick off,
- tone,
- torrent,
- touch,
- trace,
- trench,
- trough,
- turn,
- turn of mind,
- twist,
- type,
- ultraviolet ray,
- underline,
- underlining,
- underscore,
- underscoring,
- variegate,
- vein,
- violet ray,
- virgule,
- wafer,
- warp,
- way,
- well-worn groove,
- whistle,
- whiz,
- wind,
- wrinkle,
- X ray,
- zip,
- zoom