Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geology, noting a flow-structure in some igneous rocks marked by parallelism of discontinuous layers.
- Striped; striate; having streaks or stripes; especially, having lengthwise streaks, as distinguished from crosswise bands, bars, or fasciæ.
- Confused; ashamed: agitated; alarmed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Marked or variegated with stripes.
- adjective Local, U.S. Uncomfortable; out of sorts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Bearing
streaks . - adjective
Marred withstreaks . - adjective US, dialect, dated
uncomfortable ;out of sorts . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
streak .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked with or as if with stripes or linear discolorations
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Examples
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As the ambassador and captain watched, a beam of light streaked from the earth ship toward the asteroid.
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As the ambassador and captain watched, a beam of light streaked from the earth ship toward the asteroid.
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Until the day a fiery thing streaked from the sky.
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Semin streaked out of the penalty box with 3: 12 left in the second, darted down the right wing and forced Huet to brush aside his backhander.
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At the 13: 26 mark, Guerin streaked along the right boards and ripped a slap shot over Kolzig's catching glove to give Dallas a
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But when he tried to swing a golf club, pain streaked up his arm.
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And since my hubs believes there is nothing more beautiful and perfect than a woman’s body (even one sporting saggy A cups, a dimpled backside, skin streaked with stretch marks and let’s not forget the roll around the middle) getting a tattoo would defile this beauty.
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I remember the night in the 1970s when Kevin Benstead "streaked" after the "Bad News Bears" let out.
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Maybe that’s still common but no kid would be getting their hair colored or streaked, which is possible today.
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