streaked
past simple and past participle ofstreak
streak
verb
uk/striːk/us/striːk/streakverb(MOVE FAST)
[Iusually+ adv/prep]
tomovesomewhereextremelyquickly, usually in astraightline:
Themotorbikestreaked offdownthestreet.
Did youseethatbirdstreakpastthewindow?
to move fast
- speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
- raceShe raced over and hugged me.
- flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair.
- beltUKTraffic was belting along the motorway.
- tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
- streakBullets streaked across the sky.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
streakverb(RUN NAKED)
[I]
torunnakedthrough apublicplaceinordertoattractattentionor toexpressstrongdisapprovalof something
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Not wearing or removing clothes
Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off
streakverb(MARK)
be streaked
to havelong,thinnoticeablelinesof a differentcolour:
Doesn't Chrislookgood with herhairstreaked?
Herclotheswere streakedwithmud.
Whitemarbleisfrequentlystreakedwithgrey,black, orgreen.
Patterns and shapes
- amorphous
- arabesque
- argyle
- asymmetrically
- asymmetry
- bossy
- filigree
- fishhook
- flecked
- flowery
- formless
- fretted
- herringbone
- oblong
- shapeless
- shapelessly
- shapelessness
- sigmoid
- snow angel
- swoosh
Phrasal verb
streak ahead
Examplesofstreaked
streaked
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Plates were checked daily for bacterial growth, and colonies tentatively identified as bartonella (based on colony morphology) werestreakedonto clean plates.
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They were provided with undiluted honeystreakedon the tube wall.
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When the curved flow switches from one side of the cylinder t>othe other, the verticalstreakedflow structure becomes obscure.
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Thestreakedplates were held for 15 days and observed for the recovery of target organisms.
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They were fed honey that wasstreakedon the tube wall.
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The isolates were thenstreakedon sterile media plates and observed for growth of the test fungal species.
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The distance between adjacentstreakedflows are variable.
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Positive recoveries of the target fungal species in large colonies were observed on platesstreakedwith faecal washings.
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For growth on solidified media, portions of 100 ml of solutions werestreakedon agar plates, containing the respective media.
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Honey-water,streakedalong the sides of the container, and distilled water, in a soaked cotton wick, were freely available.
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Some of the new universities havestreakedup the innovation and enterprise ladder.
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As a result, the typical small patio hillsides and thestreakedloess sunken roads typical of the region came into being.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The adult plumage is predominantly black/brown, with heavilystreakedwhite underparts; in some individuals, the underparts are much paler.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The black wing tips are not as prominent and underwingsstreaked(except for coverts).
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In general, the birds have a dusky pale-streakedwith darker brown plumage with and pale eyebrows.
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- misguided
- misguided attempt
- misguidedly
- misguided policy
- mishandle
- mishandled
- mishandling
- mishap
- mishear
- mishit
- mishmash
- misidentification
- misidentify
- misinform
- misinformation
- misinformed
- misinforming
- misinterpret
- misinterpretation
- misinterpreted
- misinterpreting
- misjudge
- misjudged
- misjudging
- misjudgment