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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. an unbroken series of events;
- Example: "had a streak of bad luck"
- Example: "Nicklaus had a run of birdies"
[syn: streak, run]

2. a distinctive characteristic;
- Example: "he has a stubborn streak"
- Example: "a streak of wildness"

3. a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background;
- Example: "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"
- Example: "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave"
[syn: stripe, streak, bar]

4. a sudden flash (as of lightning);


VERB (3)

1. move quickly in a straight line;
- Example: "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]


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. [1913 Webster] A mule . . . streaked and dappled with white and black. --Sandys. [1913 Webster] Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. With it as an object: To run swiftly. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
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.] [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] What mean those colored streaks in heaven? --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Shipbuilding) A strake. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 4. The rung or round of a ladder. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
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]