streak

«streak» in Mova's school dictionary: a long, thin line or mark of a different colour, like a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a streak, streaks); verb (streak, streaks, streaked, streaking)

meaning for a pupil

1) A streak is a long, thin line or mark of a different colour, like a streak of paint or a streak of lightning. tree →

2) A streak is a run of the same result many times in a row, like a winning streak. tree →

3) A streak in someone's character is a small part of it, like a mean streak or a stubborn streak. tree →

4) To streak is to move very fast, or to mark with streaks. tree →

sense in the lessons

In art lessons, streaks of colour; in science, a streak of lightning or a comet streaks across the sky; in geology, the streak test shows a rock's powder colour. In sports and games, a team can be on a winning or losing streak. Phrases: «a streak of», «winning streak», «streak past».

examples

• There was a streak of blue paint on her cheek. tree →
• A streak of lightning lit up the sky. tree →
• Our team is on a five-game winning streak. tree →
• The cat streaked across the garden. tree →
• Tears streaked his muddy face. tree →
• She has a kind streak, though she seems strict. tree →
• A shooting star streaked across the night sky. tree →
• Real tears washed brown streaks across his red-painted cheeks. tree →

note

Countable noun; regular verb («streaked»). «Streaky» means with streaks (streaky bacon, streaky windows). In maths, a winning streak counts wins in a row with no losses in between.

In the corpora

• Silver darkens, copper goes dull brown and then green, and bronze statues in the park grow green streaks.
• Blueberries hold the same kind of colour, which is why blueberry pancakes with too much baking soda get green streaks.
• Geologists identify minerals by hardness, colour, lustre (shine), streak and how they break.
• Practice changes your chances; a losing streak does not.
• And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «streak» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.