streak

Everyday

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 →

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 Jewish tradition

"Streaked" means marked with stripes of a different color, as with Jacob's sheep and goats.

Interpretation. In the story of Jacob and Laban, Jacob took the streaked and spotted animals as his pay. Tradition reads that his wealth came with God's help and not only through clever tricks.

Examples

• And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted. (Torah GEN.30.39, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Jacob took him rods of fresh poplar, and of the almond and of the plane-tree; and peeled white streaks in them, making the white appear which was in the rods. (Torah GEN.30.37, JPS 1917) tree →
• If he said thus: The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said thus: The streaked shall be thy wages; then bore all the flock streaked. (Torah GEN.31.8, JPS 1917) 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.