streak
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2.6
- noun
- /striːk/
:
raya
- At the edge of the window, a Crimson streak of sun.
- a dark streak
- a streak of light
- a fine streak
Instead of hands, she had streaks of light.
- Instead of hands, she had streaks of light.
- At the edge of the window, a Crimson streak of sun.
- And as I come cross wind, I saw a thin streak of visible yellow orange flame.
- It was a single frame and it was one single white streak.
- Like when you watch X-Men with the white with the white streak.
- It doesn't leave any sort of white streaks.
- I got the cineflare gold streak, I got the anti glare Cpl.
- The the thing that gets me is that streak on sent this board.
- Yeah, it's a little bit dark here, but no crazy big streaks on the arms, which is impressive.
Examples
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Who will remember her birth, the streak of red in her hair?
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There were meteors, though, and most fell silently, streaks of light that quickly disappeared.
Fiction book (1991) -
Oh, it's just like a dark streak of gold.
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A black piece of rock could give you a streak that was brown or green or deep orange.
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For a short time, red streaks cut across part of the sky.
Fiction book (1992) -
The hair has three colors, with its streaks of silver, gold, and chocolate brown.
Fiction book (1990) -
And he rushed me out and showed me dozens of bright streaks all across the sky.
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While the fast-moving asteroid appears as a streak of light across the center.
Academic text (1992) -
The artist added a bright streak of blue to the canvas, making it come alive.
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As the meteor shower peaked, we saw a streak of light flash across the night sky.
Synonyms
273
1.7
A sudden, brief burst of bright light, for example from a camera
101
1.0
A long narrow line of color on clothes, flags, or animals
63
1.3
A strip of different color or material used as decoration
34
2.9
A small, quick flash of light from a shiny surface
27
2.0
A narrow stripe of a different color on an animal or object
20
2.9
A small quick flash when light bounces off something
5
8.1
A pattern of stripes of different color, like on animal fur or rock
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A plant disease that makes tomato and other crops have pale lines on leaves and reduces how much they produce
How Thin
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word streak comes from an old English word meaning 'a long, thin line'. It gives the picture of a quick, thin mark, which is why we call a narrow band of color or light a 'streak'.