streak

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Synonyms: stream, screak, skreak, steak, streik, streat, stroak, streek, streck, streal

Antonyms: stream, screak, skreak, steak, streik, streat, stroak, streek, streck, streal

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Noun

1. An irregular line, as is left from [[smear]]ing or [[motion]].
2. A continuous [[series]] of like events.
3. {{lb|en|geology}} The color of the [[powder]] of a [[mineral]], so called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
4. {{lb|en|biology}} A [[moth]] of the family {{taxfmt|Geometridae|family}}, {{taxlink|Chesias legatella|species}}.
5. {{lb|en|shipbuilding}} A [[strake]].
6. A [[rung]] or [[round]] of a [[ladder]].
7. The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.
8. {{lb|en|collective}} A group of [[tiger]]s.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To have or obtain streaks.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To run quickly.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To run [[naked]] in public.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move [[very]] [[swiftly]].
5. {{lb|en|transitive}} To create streaks upon.
6. {{lb|en|obsolete|UK|Scotland}} To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. <!--related to "stretch"-->

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