Definitions for "Streak"
A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.
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.
To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.
With it as an object: To run swiftly.
A run of good or bad cards.
A stint of winning or losing hands.
An elongated lesion with irregular sides.
primitive streak: an elongated band of cells that forms along the axis of an embryo early in gastrulation by the movement of lateral cells toward the axis and that develops a groove along its midline through which cells move to the interior of the embryo to form the mesoderm .
A superficial band or elongated mark which produces a non-uniform surface appearance. A streak is often described by source.
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A strake.
The streak (Chesias legatella) is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is found in northern and western Europe and north Africa. It is common in Britain, but local and confined to the north in Ireland.
"raya"] when the centrosome duplicates, the spreading of the centrosome and associated microtubules results in a clearing in the cell resembling a streak.
A defect in engine turning caused either by a loss of concentration on the part of the engine turner or a small piece of dirt under the guide. On automatic machines streaks may also be caused by incorrectly ground or blunt tools, but the streaks would then be all over the work piece. Streaks always follow the direction of cut.
The rung or round of a ladder.
a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"
a sudden flash (as of lightning)
To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.
move quickly in a straight line; "The plane streaked across the sky"