Word Definition

Streak

  1. To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
  2. With it as an object: To run swiftly.
  3. A strake.
  4. 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. To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
  6. The rung or round of a ladder.
  7. A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.