Definition of Streak

1. Noun. An unbroken series of events. "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"

Exact synonyms: Run
Generic synonyms: Succession
Specialized synonyms: Losing Streak, Winning Streak

2. Verb. Move quickly in a straight line. "The plane streaked across the sky"
Generic synonyms: Move

3. Noun. A distinctive characteristic. "A streak of wildness"
Generic synonyms: Characteristic

4. Verb. Run naked in a public place. "Sam and Sue streak"
Generic synonyms: Run
Derivative terms: Streaker

5. Noun. A narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background. ; "May the Stars and Stripes forever wave"
Exact synonyms: Bar, Stripe
Generic synonyms: Marking
Specialized synonyms: Band, Banding, Stria, Striation
Derivative terms: Streaky, Stripe, Stripy

6. Verb. Mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained.
Exact synonyms: Blotch, Mottle
Generic synonyms: Color, Color In, Colorise, Colorize, Colour, Colour In, Colourise, Colourize
Derivative terms: Blotch, Mottling

7. Noun. A sudden flash (as of lightning).
Generic synonyms: Flash

Definition of Streak

1. v. t. To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

2. n. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.

3. v. t. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.

Definition of Streak

1. to cover with streaks (long, narrow marks) [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Streak

straw boss
straw foxglove
straw hat
straw man
straw mushroom
straw poll
straw vote
straw wine
stray
strayed
strayer
strayers
straying
strayings
strays
streak (current term)
streaked
streaker
streakers
streakier
streakiest
streakily
streakiness
streakinesses
streaking
streakings
streaks
streaky
stream
streambed

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