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Streaked meaning in English

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Streaked

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Adjective

1. streaked, streaky

marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations

Example Sentences:
'streaked hair'
'fat legs and dirty streaky faces'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Streaked

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noun
1. 
a long thin mark, stripe, or trace of some contrasting colour
2. 
a. 
(of lightning) a sudden flash
b. 
(as modifier)
streak lightning
3. 
an element or trace, as of some quality or characteristic
4. 
a strip, vein, or layer
fatty streaks
5. 
a short stretch or run, esp of good or bad luck
6. mineralogy
the powdery mark made by a mineral when rubbed on a hard or rough surface: its colour is an important distinguishing characteristic
7. bacteriology
the inoculation of a solid culture medium by drawing a wire contaminated with the microorganisms across it
8. informal
an act or the practice of running naked through a public place
verb
9. (transitive)
to mark or daub with a streak or streaks
10. (intransitive)
to form streaks or become streaked
11. (intransitive)
to move rapidly in a straight line
12. (intransitive) informal
to run naked through a crowd of people in a public place in order to shock or amuse them
noun
a variant spelling of strake (sense 2)

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Streaked

see synonyms of streaked
noun
1. 
a line or long, thin mark; stripe or smear, generally differing in color or texture from the surrounding area
2. 
a ray of light or a flash, as of lightning
3. 
a vein or stratum of a mineral
4. 
a layer, as of fat in meat
5. 
a strain, element, or tendency in behavior, temperament, etc.; trait
a jealous streak
6.  US
a period, spell, or series
a streak of bad luck, a streak of losses
7.  Bacteriology
an inoculum placed, as in a line, on a solid culture medium
8.  Mineralogy
a colored line of powder produced by rubbing a mineral over a hard, white surface (streak plate): it serves as a distinguishing character
verb transitive
9. 
to make streaks on or in; mark with streaks
10. 
to make usually lighter streaks in (hair) with a coloring agent
verb intransitive
11. 
to form streaks; become streaked
12. 
to move at high speed; go fast; hurry
13.  US
to dash naked in public as a prank

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Streaked

see synonyms of streaked
n.
1. A line, mark, smear, or band differentiated by color or texture from its surroundings.
2. An inherent, often contrasting quality: "There was a streak of wildness in him" (Olga Carlisle).
3. A ray or flash of light: the first streaks of dawn; a streak of lightning.
4. Informal
a. A brief run or stretch, as of luck.
b. An unbroken series, as of wins or losses.
5. Mineralogy The color of the fine powder produced when a mineral is rubbed against a hard surface. Used as a distinguishing characteristic.
6. Botany Any of various viral diseases of plants characterized by the appearance of discolored stripes on the leaves or stems.
7. Microbiology A sample of microorganisms that has been introduced into a solid culture medium by a needle drawn across its surface.
v. streaked, streak·ing, streaks
v.tr.
1. To mark with streaks: rain streaking the pavement.
2. To make streaks of a different, usually lighter color in (hair) using a chemical preparation.
3. Microbiology To inoculate (a culture medium) with a streak.
v.intr.
1. To form streaks.
2. To be or become streaked.
3. To move at high speed; rush.
4. To run naked in public, especially as a prank.

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