nnoun.groupan unbroken series of eventsSynset:run
Examples:- had a streak of bad luck
- Nicklaus had a run of birdies
Hypernyms:succession
Inherited Hypernyms:streaksuccessionseriesorderingarrangementgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:losing streakwinning streak
Full Hyponyms:losing streakwinning streak
nnoun.attributea distinctive characteristicExamples:- he has a stubborn streak
- a streak of wildness
Hypernyms:characteristic
Inherited Hypernyms:streakcharacteristicqualityattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.attributea narrow marking of a different color or texture from the backgroundSynset:bar stripe
Examples:- a green toad with small black stripes or bars
- may the Stars and Stripes forever wave
Derivationally Related Form:stripystripestreakstreaky
Hypernyms:marking
Inherited Hypernyms:stripemarkingdesigndecorationartifactwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:bandbandingstriastriation
Full Hyponyms:bandcollarstretch mark
nnoun.eventa sudden flash (as of lightning)Hypernyms:flash
Inherited Hypernyms:streakflashhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.motionmove quickly in a straight lineExamples:- The plane streaked across the sky
Hypernyms:move
Inherited Hypernyms:streakmove
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionrun naked in a public placeDerivationally Related Form:streaker
Hypernyms:run
Inherited Hypernyms:streakruntravel rapidlytravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: streak)
vverb.creationmark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stainedSynset:blotch mottle
Derivationally Related Form:mottlingblotchstreak
Hypernyms:color color in colorise colorize colour colour in colourise colourize
Inherited Hypernyms:mottlecolorchange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something