streak: betydning og definisjoner

A line, mark, smear, or band differentiated by color or texture from its surroundings.

An inherent, often contrasting quality: "There was a streak of wildness in him” ( Olga Carlisle).

A ray or flash of light: the first streaks of dawn; a streak of lightning.

Informal A brief run or stretch, as of luck.

Informal An unbroken series, as of wins or losses.

Mineralogy The color of the fine powder produced when a mineral is rubbed against a hard surface. Used as a distinguishing characteristic.

Botany Any of various viral diseases of plants characterized by the appearance of discolored stripes on the leaves or stems.

Microbiology A bacterial culture inoculated by drawing a bacteria-laden needle across the surface of a solid culture medium.

To mark with streaks: rain streaking the pavement.

To lighten (strands of hair) with a chemical preparation.

Microbiology To inoculate in order to produce a streak.

To form streaks.

To be or become streaked.

To move at high speed; rush.

To run naked in public, especially as a prank.