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streak  (strk)

n.

1. A line, mark, smear, or band differentiated by color or texture from its surroundings.

2. An inherent, often contrasting quality: "There was a streak of wildness in him" (Olga Carlisle).

3. A ray or flash of light: the first streaks of dawn; a streak of lightning.

4. Informal

a. A brief run or stretch, as of luck.

b. An unbroken series, as of wins or losses.

5. Mineralogy The color of the fine powder produced when a mineral is rubbed against a hard surface. Used as a distinguishing characteristic.

6. Botany Any of various viral diseases of plants characterized by the appearance of discolored stripes on the leaves or stems.

7. Microbiology A bacterial culture inoculated by drawing a bacteria-laden needle across the surface of a solid culture medium.

v. streaked, streak·ing, streaks

v.tr.

1. To mark with streaks: rain streaking the pavement.

2. To lighten (strands of hair) with a chemical preparation.

3. Microbiology To inoculate in order to produce a streak.

v.intr.

1. To form streaks.

2. To be or become streaked.

3. To move at high speed; rush.

4. To run naked in public, especially as a prank.

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[Middle English streke, line, from Old English strica; see streig- in Indo-European roots.]

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streaker n.

Synonyms: streak, strain², vein
These nouns denote an inherent, often unexpected quality, as in a person's character: a streak of humor; a strain of melancholy; a vein of stubbornness.

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streak

Noun

1. a long thin stripe or trace of some contrasting colour

2. (of lightning) a sudden flash

3. a quality or characteristic: a nasty streak

4. a short stretch of good or bad luck: a losing streak

5. Informal an instance of running naked through a public place

Verb

1. to mark (something) with a streak or streaks: sweat streaking the grime of his face

2. to move quickly in a straight line

3. Informal to run naked through a public place [Old English strica]

streaked
streaky adj
streaker n

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streak  (strk)

1. The characteristic color of a mineral after it has been ground into a powder. Because the streak of a mineral is not always the same as its natural color, it is a useful tool in mineral identification.

2. A bacterial culture inoculated by drawing a bacteria-laden needle across the surface of a solid culture medium. Also called streak plate.

3. Any of various viral diseases of plants characterized by the appearance of discolored stripes on the leaves or stems.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	streak - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" run succession - a group of people or things arranged or following in order; "a succession of stalls offering soft drinks"; "a succession of failures" losing streak - a streak of losses winning streak - a streak of wins
	2.	streak - a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness" characteristic - a distinguishing quality
	3.	streak - 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" stripe, bar marking - a pattern of marks banding, stria, striation, band - a stripe or stripes of contrasting color; "chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"; "the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps"
	4.	streak - a sudden flash (as of lightning) flash - a sudden intense burst of radiant energy
Verb	1.	streak - move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	2.	streak - run naked in a public place run - move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"
	3.	streak - mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained blotch, mottle color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"

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streak

noun 1. band, line, strip, stroke, layer, slash, vein, stripe, smear

noun 2. trace, touch, element, strain, dash, vein

verb 3. fleck, smear, daub, band, slash, stripe, striate

verb 4. speed, fly, tear, sweep, flash, barrel (along) (informal), chiefly U.S., Canad. whistle, sprint, dart, zoom, whizz (informal) hurtle, burn rubber (informal) move like greased lightning (informal)

Translations

streak [striːk] n → raya;

(fig) [of madness etc] → vena

vt → rayar

vi to streak past → pasar como un rayo;

to have streaks in one's hair → tener vetas en el pelo;

a winning/losing streak → una racha de buena/mala suerte

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streak [striːk] n → bande f, filet m;

(in hair) → raie f (fig) [of madness etc];

a streak of → une or des tendance(s) à vt → zébrer, strier

vi to streak past → passer à toute allure;

to have streaks in one's hair → s'être fait faire des mèches;

a winning/losing streak → une bonne/mauvaise série or période

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streak [striːk] n → Streifen m;

(in hair) → Strähne f (fig) (of madness etc) → Zug m

vt → streifen

vi to streak past → vorbeiflitzen;

a winning/losing streak → eine Glücks-/Pechsträhne

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streak [striːk] n → striscia;

(fig) [of madness etc]: a streak of → una vena di

vt → striare, screziare

vi to streak past → passare come un fulmine;

to have streaks in one's hair → avere le mèche nei capelli;

a winning/losing streak → un periodo fortunato/sfortunato

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streak

n streak [striːk]

1 a long, irregular mark or stripe There was a streak of blood on her cheek; a streak of lightning. streep, merk, slag شَريط، خَط драскотина proužek, šmouha, čára (blesku) stribe der Streif(en) γραμμή, λωρίδα raya, veta, filón triip, vööt رگه juova filet פַּס धारी žica, pruga csík goresan lína, rák, strik striatura, striscia 筋 줄, 줄무늬 brūkšnys, ruožas svītra jalur-jalur streep stripe, strek smuga risca dungă полоска; вспышка pás(ik); čiara proga pruga strimma, streck ริ้วลาย çizgi, şerit 條紋，一道 подряпина; смужка دھاری đường, sọc, vệt 条纹，一道

2 a trace of some quality in a person's character etc She has a streak of selfishness. trek نَزْعَه، مَيْل، مَسْحَه черта sklon (k) anstrøg die Spur τάση, ίχνος vena iseloomujoon خصلت häivähdys tendance à נְטִייָה वर्ण, रेखा, कस crta nyoma vminek sifat vottur, aðkenning vena, tocco 傾向 기질, 경향 bruožas rakstura iezīme sifat element trekk, anstrøk ślad, rysa traço înclinaţie către жилка sklon (k), črta (charakteru) nadih trag drag ลักษณะนิสัยของบุคคล yan, yön, nitelik 氣質 риса характеру کسی شخص کی کوءی نمایاں خصوصیت tính nết 气质

v

1 to mark with streaks Her dark hair was streaked with grey; The child's face was streaked with tears. gestreep يُخَطِّط нащарвам prokvétat; zkrápět gøre stribet streifen κάνω γραμμές, αυλακώνω rayar, surcar viirutama, vöötidega katma رگه دار كردن juovittaa sillonné de לַעֲשוֹת פָּסִים धारियां डालना, धारियां लगाना isprugati što csíkoz memberi goresan gera rákir á striare, rigare 筋をつける ...에 줄무늬를 넣다 nudryžuoti ievilkt svītras; iekrāsot berjalur strepen stripe, bli stripet przetykać, pokrywać raiar a brăzda испещрять (полосками) prekvitať; skropiť zaznamovati s progami išarati prugama göra strimmig (randig) ทำให้เป็นริ้วลาย yol yol leke yapmak; çizgilerle kaplamak 在...加上條紋 проводити смуги دھاریاں ڈالنا đánh dấu cái gì bằng những đường sọc, vệt 在...加上条纹

2 to move very fast The runner streaked round the racetrack. hol يَرْكُض بِسُرْعَه хуквам mihnout se stryge afsted flitzen τρέχω σαν αστραπή pasar como un rayo kihutama مثل برق رفتن kiitää passer comme un éclair לַנוּעַ בִמהִירוּת तेजी से आना-जाना juriti, proletjeti száguld berkelebat þjóta (andare come un lampo) 疾走する 질주하다 skuosti, lėkti drāzties; joņot cabut lari voorbij flitsen suse, stryke mknąć voar a se mişca repede мчаться mihnúť sa, trieliť drveti juriti rusa, susa ไปอย่างรวดเร็ว şimşek gibi gitmek 疾馳 мигтіти; промайнути بہت تیزی سے چلنا di chuyển rất nhanh 疾驰

adj streaky

marked with streaks. gestreep مُخَطَّط، مُعَرَّق на ивици pruhovaný stribet gestreift ριγωτός, ραβδωτός con mechas, no uniforme vöödiline رگه دار juovikas marbré מְפוּספַּס धारिदार, लहरिया prošaran, prugast csíkos bertanda goresan rákóttur striato, venato 筋のついた 줄무늬가 있는 dryžuotas, sluoksniuotas svītrains; kārtains berjalur gestreept stripet prążkowany, w smugi listrado văr­gat, dungat полосатый; с прослойками pruhovaný progast išaran prugama strimmig, randig เป็นลาย çizgili, yollu 有條紋的 смугастий; з прошарками دھاری دار đầy những vết sọc 有条纹的