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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024streak /strik/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a long, narrow mark, smear, etc.:streaks of paint where the liquid had dripped.
- a layer:streaks of fat in meat.
- a strain or element, as of behavior or personality:a wild streak.
- a number of occurrences, as in a series;
a spell;
run:a streak of good luck. - a flash leaving a visible line, as of lightning;
a bolt.
v. - to form streaks (on): [no object]The windows streak if you don't wash them.[~ + object]The windows were streaked with dirt.
- [~ + object] to lighten or color (strands of hair).
- to run, go, or work rapidly:[no object]The jets streaked across the sky.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024streak (strēk),USA pronunciation n. - a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like:streaks of mud.
- a portion or layer of something, distinguished by color or nature from the rest; a vein or stratum:streaks of fat in meat.
- a vein, strain, or admixture of anything:a streak of humor.
- Informal Terms
- a spell or run:a streak of good luck.
- an uninterrupted series:The team had a losing streak of ten games.
- a flash leaving a visible line or aftereffect, as of lightning;
bolt. - Mineralogythe 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.
- [Plant Pathol.]
- Plant Diseasesan elongated, narrow, superficial lesion on stems or leaf veins, becoming brown and necrotic.
- Plant Diseasesany disease characterized by such lesions.
- blue streak. See blue streak.
v.t. - to mark with a streak or streaks;
form streaks on:sunlight streaking the water with gold; frost streaking the windows. - to lighten or color (strands of hair) for contrastive effect.
- to dispose, arrange, smear, spread, etc., in the form of a streak or streaks:to streak cold germs on a slide for microscopic study.
v.i. - to become streaked.
- to run, go, or work rapidly.
- to flash, as lightning.
- to make a sudden dash in public while naked, esp. as a prank.
- bef. 1000; (noun, nominal) Middle English streke, akin to strike, Old English strica stroke, line, mark; cognate with German Strich, Gothic striks stroke, Latin strigil strigil; (verb, verbal) late Middle English streken to cross out, derivative of the noun, nominal (akin to strike, stroke1)
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged cast, touch, element, trace.
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