[syn: mottle, streak, blotch]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Streak \Streak\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Streaked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Streaking.]
1. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to
variegate with lines of a different color, or of different
colors.
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A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and
black. --Sandys.
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Now streaked and glowing with the morning red.
--Prior.
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2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Streak \Streak\, v. t. [Cf. Stretch, Streek.]
To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
[Obs. or Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Streak \Streak\, n. [OE. streke; akin to D. streek a line,
stroke, G. strich, AS. strica, Sw. strek, Dan. streg, Goth.
stricks, and E. strike, stroke. See Strike, Stroke, n.,
and cf. Strake.]
1. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground;
a stripe; a vein.
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What mean those colored streaks in heaven? --Milton.
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2. (Shipbuilding) A strake.
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3. (Min.) The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when
scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of
which is sometimes a distinguishing character.
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4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
streak
n 1: an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck";
"Nicklaus had a run of birdies" [syn: streak, run]
2: a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a
streak of wildness"
3: 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" [syn: stripe,
streak, bar]
4: a sudden flash (as of lightning)
v 1: move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across
the sky"
2: run naked in a public place
3: mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of
color as if stained [syn: mottle, streak, blotch]