streak

streak

 (strēk)

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 sample of microorganisms that has been introduced into a solid culture medium by a needle drawn across its surface.

v. streaked, streak·ing, streaks

v.tr.

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

2. To make streaks of a different, usually lighter color in (hair) using a chemical preparation.

3. Microbiology To inoculate (a culture medium) with 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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streak′er n.

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streak

(striːk)

n

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

2. (Physical Geography)

a. (of lightning) a sudden flash

b. (as modifier): streak lightning.

3. an element or trace, as of some quality or characteristic

4. a strip, vein, or layer: fatty streaks.

5. a short stretch or run, esp of good or bad luck

6. (Minerals) mineralogy the powdery mark made by a mineral when rubbed on a hard or rough surface: its colour is an important distinguishing characteristic

7. (Microbiology) bacteriol the inoculation of a solid culture medium by drawing a wire contaminated with the microorganisms across it

8. informal an act or the practice of running naked through a public place

vb

9. (tr) to mark or daub with a streak or streaks

10. (intr) to form streaks or become streaked

11. (intr) to move rapidly in a straight line

12. (intr) informal to run naked through a crowd of people in a public place in order to shock or amuse them

[Old English strica, related to Old Frisian strike, Old High German strih, Norwegian, Swedish strika]

streaked adj

ˈstreaker n

ˈstreakˌlike adj

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streak

(striːk)

n

(Nautical Terms) a variant spelling of strake²

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streak

(strik)

n.

1. a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like.

2. a vein; stratum: streaks of fat in meat.

3. a slight ingredient; trace: a streak of humor.

4.

a. a spell; run: a streak of good luck.

b. an uninterrupted series: a losing streak of ten games.

5. a flash leaving a visible line or aftereffect, as of lightning; bolt.

6. the color of the powder obtained by rubbing certain minerals on an unglazed ceramic surface: used in mineral identification.

v.t.

7. to mark with streaks; form streaks on.

8. to lighten or color (strands of hair).

9. to spread in streaks.

v.i.

10. to become streaked.

11. to run, go, or work rapidly.

12. to make a sudden dash in public while naked, esp. as a prank.

[before 1000; (n.) Middle English streke, akin to strike, Old English strica stroke, line, mark]

streak′er, n.

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streak

(strēk)

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.

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streak

Past participle: streaked
Gerund: streaking

Imperative

streak

streak

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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 There are these dark streaks on the surface of the moon.

2. trace, touch, element, strain, dash, vein He's still got a mean streak.

verb

1. fleck, smear, daub, band, slash, stripe, striate Rain had begun to streak the window pains.

2. 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) A meteorite streaked across the sky.

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streak

noun

1. A slight amount or indication:

breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper.

Informal: whisker.

2. An intermixture of a contrasting or unexpected quality, especially in a person's character:

strain, vein.

3. Informal. A number of things placed or occurring one after the other:

chain, consecution, course, order, procession, progression, round, run, sequence, series, string, succession, suite, train.

verb

To mark with a line or band, as of different color or texture:

striate, stripe, variegate.

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Translations

شَريط، خَطنَزْعَه، مَيْل، مَسْحَهيُخَطِّطيَرْكُض بِسُرْعَه

čáramihnout seprokvétatproužeksklon

anstrøggøre stribetstribe

flitzenSpurStreifStreifen

rayarayarvetasurcarvena

abaisserfiletraierayuresillon

csíkoz

gera rákir álína, rák, strikòjótavottur, aîkenning

come un lampocorrere a tutta velocit...lineascappare svestitovena

brūkšnysdryžuotasnudryžuotiruožassluoksniuotas

drāztiesiekrāsotievilkt svītrasjoņotrakstura iezīme

inslag

anstrøkstripe

pásikskropiť

pramenproga

çizgiçizgilerle kaplamaknitelikşeritşimşek gibi gitmek

在...加上条纹条纹气质疾驰

streak

[striːk]

A. N

1. (line) → raya f; [of mineral] → veta f, vena f
to have streaks in one's hair → tener mechas en el pelo
like a streak of lightning → como un rayo

2. (fig) [of madness etc] → vena f; [of luck] → racha f
he had a cruel streak (in him) → tenía un rasgo cruel
there is a streak of Spanish blood in her → tiene una pequeña parte de sangre española
he had a yellow streak → era un tanto cobarde

B. VT → rayar (with de)

C. VI

1. (= rush) to streak along → correr a gran velocidad
to streak in/out/past → entrar/salir/pasar como un rayo

2. (= run naked) → correr desnudo

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streak

[ˈstriːk]

n

(= line) [paint, mud, blood, dirt] → traînée f; [light] → raie f; (in hair) → mèche f
to have streaks in one's hair → s'être fait faire des mèches

(in character) → tendances fpl
a streak of madness → un grain de folie
to have a mean streak → avoir un fond de méchanceté

(= run) → série f
a lucky streak → une période de chance
to be on a lucky streak → être en veine
a winning streak → une série victorieuse
to be on a winning streak [gambler] → être en veine; [team, sportsperson] → poursuivre sa série victorieuse
a losing streak (for team, sportsperson) → une série de défaites; (for gambler) → une série de pertes

vt → zébrer

vi

(= dart)
A meteorite streaked across the sky → Un météorite laissa une traînée dans le ciel.
to streak past → passer à toute allure

(= run naked in a public place) → faire du streaking

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streak

n → Streifen m; (of light) → Strahl m; (fig: = trace) → Spur f; (of jealousy, meanness etc) → Zug m; (of madness, humour) → Anflug m; streaks (in hair) → Strähnchen pl, → Strähnen pl; streak of lightning → Blitz(strahl) m; there was a streak of blood on his arm → eine Blutspur zog sich über seinen Arm; there is a streak of Spanish blood in her → sie hat spanisches Blut in den Adern; his lucky streak → seine Glückssträhne; a winning/losing streak → eine Glücks-/Pechsträhne; he’s got a mean streak → er hat einen gemeinen Zug (→ an sich (dat)); he went past like a streak (of lightning) → er sauste vorbei wie der Blitz

vt → streifen; to be streaked → gestreift sein; the sky was streaked with red → der Himmel hatte rote Streifen; to have one’s hair streaked → sich (dat) → Streifen ins Haar färben lassen; hair streaked with blonde/grey → Haar mit blonden/grauen Strähnen; streaked with dirt → schmutzverschmiert; streaked with tears → tränenverschmiert; rock streaked with quartz → von Quarzadern durchzogener Stein

vi

(lightning) → zucken; (inf: = move quickly) → flitzen (inf); to streak along/past → entlang-/vorbeiflitzen (inf)

(= run naked) → blitzen, flitzen

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streak

[striːk]

1. n (line) → striscia, riga; (of mineral) → filone m, vena
he had streaks of grey in his hair → aveva delle ciocche di capelli grigi
to have streaks in one's hair → avere le mèches
like a streak of lightning → come un fulmine
to have a streak of madness → avere una vena di pazzia
he had a cruel streak (in him) → c'era un che di crudele in lui
lucky streak → periodo di fortuna
a winning/losing streak → un periodo fortunato/sfortunato

2. vt → rigare, screziare, striare
streaked with (tears) → rigato/a di (subj, sky) → striato/a di (clothes) → macchiato/a di

3. vi (move quickly) to streak away/across/past → allontanarsi/attraversare/passare come un fulmine; (run naked) → fare lo streaking

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streak

(striːk) noun

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 risca proužek, šmouha, čára (blesku) der Streif(en) stribe γραμμή, λωρίδαraya, veta, filón triip, vööt رگه viiru filetפס धारी žica, pruga csík goresan lína, rák, strik striatura, striscia 筋 줄무늬, 선 brūkšnys, ruožas svītra jalur-jalur streepstripe, streksmuga لیکه risca dungă полоска; вспышка pás(ik); čiara proga pruga strimma, streck ริ้วลาย çizgi, şerit 條紋 подряпина; смужка دھاری đường, sọc, vệt 条纹

2. a trace of some quality in a person's character etc. She has a streak of selfishness. trek نَزْعَه، مَيْل، مَسْحَه черта traço sklon (k) die Spur anstrøg τάση, ίχνοςvena iseloomujoon خصلت häivähdys tendance à נטייה वर्ण, रेखा, कस crta nyoma vminek sifat vottur, aðkenning vena, tocco 傾向 성향 bruožas rakstura iezīme sifat elementtrekk, anstrøkślad, rysa خصلت 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

verb

1. to mark with streaks. Her dark hair was streaked with grey; The child's face was streaked with tears. gestreep يُخَطِّط нащарвам raiar prokvétat; zkrápět streifen gøre stribet κάνω γραμμές, αυλακώνωrayar, surcar viirutama, vöötidega katma رگه دار كردن raidoittaa sillonné de לַעֲשוֹת פָּסִים धारियां डालना, धारियां लगाना isprugati što csíkoz memberi goresan gera rákir á striare, rigare 筋をつける (줄무늬 모양의 ~)가 있다 nudryžuoti ievilkt svītras; iekrāsot berjalur strepenstripe, bli stripet przetykać, pokrywać لیکه کوونکی raiar a brăzda испещрять prekvitať; skropiť zaznamovati s progami išarati prugama göra strimmig (randig) ทำให้เป็นริ้วลาย yol yol leke yapmak; çizgilerle kaplamak 使...留下條痕 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 voar mihnout se flitzen stryge afsted 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 매우 빨리 달리다 skuosti, lėkti drāzties; joņot cabut lari voorbij flitsen suse, stryke mknąć د برق په شان تلل 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

ˈstreaky adjective

marked with streaks. gestreep مُخَطَّط، مُعَرَّق на ивици listrado pruhovaný gestreift stribet ριγωτός, ραβδωτός con mechas, no uniforme vöödiline رگه دار raidallinen marbré מְפוּספַּס धारिदार, लहरिया prošaran, prugast csíkos bertanda goresan rákóttur striato, venato 筋のついた 줄무늬로 된, 줄 무늬가 있는 dryžuotas, sluoksniuotas svītrains; kārtains berjalur gestreeptstripet prążkowany, w smugi لیکه لرونکی 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

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streak

n raya, línea, (stria) estría

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