streak

  • 11streak — [n] vein, line; small part band, bar, beam, dash, element, hint, intimation, layer, ray, ridge, rule, shade, slash, smear, strain, stream, strip, stripe, stroke, suggestion, suspicion, touch, trace; concepts 436,628,657,727 streak [v] make a line …

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  • 12streak — index frame (mood) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 13streak — n strain, vein, *touch, suggestion, suspicion, soupçon, tincture, tinge, shade, smack, spice, dash …

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  • 14streak|er — «STREE kuhr», noun. a person who engages in streaking …

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  • 15streak — streakedly /streekt lee, stree kid lee/, adv. streakedness, n. streaker, n. streaklike, adj. /streek/, n. 1. a long, narrow mark, smear, band of color, or the like: streaks of mud. 2. a portion or layer of something, distinguished by color or… …

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  • 16streak — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 thin mark ADJECTIVE ▪ dark ▪ There were dark streaks down her cheeks where she had been crying. ▪ faint, pale ▪ bright ▪ …

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  • 17streak — [[t]stri͟ːk[/t]] streaks, streaking, streaked 1) N COUNT A streak is a long stripe or mark on a surface which contrasts with the surface because it is a different colour. There are these dark streaks on the surface of the moon... The flames begin …

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  • 18streak — I UK [striːk] / US [strɪk] noun [countable] Word forms streak : singular streak plural streaks * 1) a) a line or long mark on something that is a different colour from the colour surrounding it The bird can be recognized by the dark streaks on… …

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  • 19streak — /strik / (say streek) noun 1. a long, narrow mark, smear, band of colour, or the like: streaks of mud; a streak of lightning. 2. a portion or layer of something, distinguished by colour or nature from the rest; a vein or stratum: streaks of fat… …

  • 20streak — streak1 [stri:k] n [: Old English; Origin: strica] 1.) a coloured line, especially one that is not straight or has been made accidentally ▪ Sue has blonde streaks in her hair. 2.) a part of someone s character that is different from the rest of… …

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