Category:Streak

Streak, v. t. Etym: [cf. Stretch, streek.]

Defn: to stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body. [obs. Or prov. Eng. & scot.]

Streak Streak, n. Etym: [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. What mean those colored streaks in heaven milton.

2. (shipbuilding)

Defn: a strake.

3. (min.)

Defn: 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.

4. The rung or round of a ladder. [obs.]

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. A mule. . . streaked and dappled with white and black. Sandys. Now streaked and glowing with the morning red. Prior.

2. With it as an object: to run swiftly. [colloq.]