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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#m1)

2) A streak is a run of the same result many times in a row, like a winning streak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#m2)

3) A streak in someone's character is a small part of it, like a mean streak or a stubborn streak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#m3)

4) To streak is to move very fast, or to mark with streaks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#m4)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#x1)
- A streak of lightning lit up the sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#x2)
- Our team is on a five-game winning streak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#x3)
- The cat streaked across the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#x4)
- Tears streaked his muddy face. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#x5)
- She has a kind streak, though she seems strict. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#x6)
- A shooting star streaked across the night sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#x7)
- Real tears washed brown streaks across his red-painted cheeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/14-tarnish-and-how-metals-change/3/)
- [Blueberries hold the same kind of colour, which is why blueberry pancakes with too much baking soda get green streaks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/17-indicators-the-red-cabbage-rainbow/4/)
- [Geologists identify minerals by hardness, colour, lustre (shine), streak and how they break.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/50-minerals-and-crystals/11/)
- [Practice changes your chances; a losing streak does not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/171-im-due-a-win-the-gamblers-fallacy/8/)
- [And the flocks conceived at the sight of the rods, and the flocks brought forth streaked, speckled, and spotted.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.929/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «streak» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/streak/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.