streak

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An irregular line left from smearing or motion.
2. A continuous series of like events.
3. (Internet) A continuous series of like events.
4. A consistent facet of somebody's personality.
5. The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain.
6. A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.
7. A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
8. A strake.
9. A rung or round of a ladder.
10. The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To have or obtain streaks.
2. (intransitive) To run quickly.
3. (intransitive) To run naked in public.
4. (intransitive) To move very swiftly.
5. (transitive) To create streaks upon.
6. (Scotland, UK, obsolete) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

Sinonieme

stripe

line

strip

scratch

mark

stria

stroke

run

feature

vein

band

fleck

mottle

rush

series

strain

flash

zoom

succession

music line

trait

bar

thread

🧵

trace

blotch

fringe

striate

smear

striation

patch

lineament

dash

💨

destroy

deprave

career

demolish

demean

bring down

batch

degrade

decrease

fulmination

fly

✈️

debase

block

abridge

fluting

flute

🪈

cut up

fleet

Vertalings

raya

raie

schreef

schrap

Streifen

streep

streek

zébrer

haal

rayure

strie

Strich

streifen

stria

flitzen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/stɹiːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: streke

Geërf van Old English: strica

Verwante met Noord-Fries: strijck

Verwante met Old Saxon: striki

Verwante met Middle Low German: streke

Verwante met Nederduits: streek

Verwante met Deens: streg

Verwante met Sweeds: streck

Verwante met Boeknoors: strek

Verwante met Yslands: stryk

Verwante met Nederlands: streek

Verwante met Afrikaans: streek

Verwante met Old High German: strih

Verwante met Duits: Strich

Verwante met Goties: 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃

In summary

From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). Related to North Frisian strijck, Old Saxon striki, Middle Low German streke, Low German streek, Danish streg, Swedish streck, Norwegian Bokmål strek, Icelandic stryk, strykr, Dutch streek, Afrikaans streek, Old High German strih, German Strich, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌺𐍃 (striks).