Thesaurus: streak

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1. v. t. To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
2. n. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
3. n. A strake.
4. n. 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.
5. n. The rung or round of a ladder.
6. v. t. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
7. v. t. With it as an object: To run swiftly.
8. n. an unbroken series of events
9. n. a distinctive characteristic
10. n. a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background
11. n. a sudden flash (as of lightning)
12. v. move quickly in a straight line