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streak

(str/i/k )

an unbroken series of events(noun.group)

Example:
Had a streak of bad luck.

Synonym:
run

source: wordnet30
a distinctive characteristic(noun.attribute)

Example:
He has a stubborn streak.
A streak of wildness.

source: wordnet30
a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
bar, stripe

source: wordnet30
a sudden flash (as of lightning)(noun.event)

source: wordnet30
A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.(noun)

source: webster1913

move quickly in a straight line(verb.motion)

Example:
The plane streaked across the sky.

source: wordnet30
run naked in a public place(verb.motion)

source: wordnet30
mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained(verb.creation)

Synonym:
blotch, mottle

source: wordnet30
To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.(verb)

source: webster1913
To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.(verb)

source: webster1913

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