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streak
[streek]
–noun
| 1. | a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud. |
| 2. | a portion or layer of something, distinguished by color or nature from the rest; a vein or stratum: streaks of fat in meat. |
| 3. | a vein, strain, or admixture of anything: a streak of humor. |
| 4. | Informal.
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| 5. | a flash leaving a visible line or aftereffect, as of lightning; bolt. |
| 6. | Mineralogy. the line of powder obtained by scratching a mineral or rubbing it upon a hard, rough white surface, often differing in color from the mineral in the mass, and serving as an important distinguishing character. |
| 7. | Plant Pathology.
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–verb (used with object)
| 8. | to mark with a streak or streaks; form streaks on: sunlight streaking the water with gold; frost streaking the windows. |
| 9. | to lighten or color (strands of hair) for contrastive effect. |
| 10. | to dispose, arrange, smear, spread, etc., in the form of a streak or streaks: to streak cold germs on a slide for microscopic study. |
–verb (used without object)
—Idiom| 11. | to become streaked. |
| 12. | to run, go, or work rapidly. |
| 13. | to flash, as lightning. |
| 14. | to make a sudden dash in public while naked, esp. as a prank. |
| 15. | blue streak. blue streak. |
Origin:
bef. 1000; (n.) ME streke, akin to strike, OE strica stroke, line, mark; c. G Strich, Goth striks stroke, L strigil strigil; (v.) late ME streken to cross out, deriv. of the n. (akin to strike, stroke 1 )
bef. 1000; (n.) ME streke, akin to strike, OE strica stroke, line, mark; c. G Strich, Goth striks stroke, L strigil strigil; (v.) late ME streken to cross out, deriv. of the n. (akin to strike, stroke 1 )

Related forms:
streakedness, noun
streaker, noun
streaklike, adjective
Synonyms:
3. cast, touch, element, trace.
3. cast, touch, element, trace.
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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. What mean those colored streaks in heaven? --Milton. 2. (Shipbuilding) A strake. 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. 4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]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. 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.]
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Language Translation for : streak
Spanish:
raya, veta, filón,
German:
der Streif(en),
Japanese:
筋
streak (n.)
O.E. strica "line of motion, stroke of a pen" (related to strican "pass over lightly," see strike), from P.Gmc. *strikon (cf. M.L.G. streke "stroke, line," O.H.G., Ger. strich, Goth. striks "stroke, line"), from PIE base *streig- (see strigil). Sense of "long, thin mark" is first found 1567. Meaning "a temporary run (of luck)" is from 1843.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: 1streak
Pronunciation: 'strEk
Function: noun
1 : a usually irregular line or stripe —see
2 : inoculum implanted (as with a needle drawn across the surface) in a line on asolid medium
Main Entry: 2streak
Function: transitive verb
: to implant (inoculum) in a line on a solid medium
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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streak (strēk)
n.
A line, stripe, smear, or band differentiated by color or texture from its surroundings.
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streak (strēk) Pronunciation Key
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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