<B>streak color,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the typical color of a mineral's streak. The streak color of pyrite, a yellow mineral, is black. </DL>
<A NAME="streaked">
<B>streaked, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>marked or diversified with streaks; streaky. (SYN) striated. <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Dialect.) perturbed; uneasy; alarmed. </DL>
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<B>streaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who engages in streaking. </DL>
<A NAME="streaking">
<B>streaking, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the practice of running or riding naked through a public area, especially as a fad. </DL>
<A NAME="streakphotography">
<B>streak photography,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the photographing of rapidly moving objects; photography by means of a streak camera. </DL>
<A NAME="streakplate">
<B>streak plate,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a piece of unglazed porcelain on which to rub or scratch a mineral in testing the streak. </DL>
<A NAME="streaky">
<B>streaky, </B>adjective, <B>streakier,</B> <B>streakiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>marked with streaks; streaked. <BR> <I>Ex. an old man with a streaky gray chin-beard (Booth Tarkington).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>occurring in streaks. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Figurative.) varying; uneven. <BR> <I>Ex. The dress has faded so much that the color is streaky.</I> adv. <B>streakily.</B> noun <B>streakiness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="stream">
<B>stream, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a flow of water in a channel or bed. Small rivers and large brooks are both called streams. <DD><B> 2. </B>a steady current of water, as in a river or in the ocean. <DD><B> 3a. </B>any current or flow. <BR> <I>Ex. a stream of blood pouring from a wound, a stream of tears, a stream of air, gas, or electricity.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a ray or beam. <BR> <I>Ex. a stream of light.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>(Figurative.) a steady or continuous flow. <BR> <I>Ex. a stream of shoppers, a stream of cars, a stream of words.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(Figurative.) trend; drift; course. <BR> <I>Ex. the prevailing stream of opinion.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(British.) any of several classes of a secondary school into which students of the same grade are divided on the basis of ability or aptitude; track. <BR> <I>Ex. Opponents of streaming have for a long time said that middle-class children get put in the top streams because they have learnt at home to use words precisely (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to flow. <BR> <I>Ex. Tears streamed from her eyes.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>to move steadily in large numbers. <BR> <I>Ex. People streamed out of the theater.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to move swiftly; streak. <BR> <I>Ex. A meteor streamed across the sky.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to be so wet as to drip in a stream; run; drip; overflow. <BR> <I>Ex. a streaming umbrella, eyes streaming with tears, a face streaming with perspiration.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to float or wave. <BR> <I>Ex. Flags streamed in the wind.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to hang loosely and waving. <BR> <I>Ex. streaming hair.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>to extend in straight lines. <BR> <I>Ex. The sunshine streamed across the room.</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>to be carried or given off in a stream or trail. <BR> <I>Ex. dust streaming out behind the car.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to cause to flow; pour out. <BR> <I>Ex. to stream water on a fire. The gash in his arm streamed blood.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to cause to stream. <DD><B> 3. </B>(British.) to divide (students) into separate classes according to level of ability or aptitude. <BR> <I>Ex. Most of the schools streamed pupils into A, B, C, or D classes (London Times).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>on stream,</B> </I>in full production. <BR> <I>Ex. Part of the new plant is now in operation ... and the remainder will be on stream later this month (Wall Street Journal).</I> adj. <B>streamlike.</B> </DL>
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<B>streamer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any long, narrow, flowing thing. <BR> <I>Ex. Streamers of ribbon hung from her hat. We saw streamers of snow blowing around the hilltop.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a long, narrow, pointed flag or pennon. (SYN) pennant. <DD><B> 3. </B>a newspaper headline that runs all the way across a page. <DD><B> 4. </B>a ribbonlike column of light shooting across the heavens in the aurora borealis. </DL>
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<B>streamer chamber,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a large type of bubble chamber in which the tracks of the charged particles appear as streams of sparks. </DL>
<A NAME="streamerfly">
<B>streamer fly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any of various large artificial fishing flies with long wings extending past the hook, made to imitate a minnow. </DL>
<A NAME="streamflow">
<B>streamflow, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the volume of water flowing in a stream at a given time. </DL>
<A NAME="streaming">
<B>streaming, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Biology.) the flowing motion or rotation of protoplasm in a cell. <DD><B> 2. </B>(British.) the division of students of a school into separate classes according to level of ability or aptitude, as determined by examinations; tracking. <BR> <I>Ex. There is far too little research evidence on the effects of streaming and other forms of inschool organization (New Scientist).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="streamlet">
<B>streamlet, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small stream; rivulet. (SYN) creek, brook. </DL>
<A NAME="streamline">
<B>streamline, </B>adjective, verb, <B>-lined,</B> <B>-lining,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B><B>=streamlined.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>of or having to do with a motion or flow that is free from disturbance, as of a particle in a steadily flowing mass of fluid. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to give a streamlined shape to. <BR> <I>Ex. to streamline a racing car.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) to bring up to date; make more efficient. <BR> <I>Ex. to streamline train service between Chicago and New York, to streamline an office.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a streamlined shape. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Physics.) the path of a particle in a steadily flowing mass of fluid. </DL>
<A NAME="streamlined">
<B>streamlined, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a shape or body that offers the least possible resistance to air or water. The fastest automobiles, airplanes, and trains have streamlined bodies. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) brought up to date; made more efficient. <BR> <I>Ex. streamlined methods of production, a streamlined organization.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="streamlineflow">
<B>streamline flow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a steady flow of a fluid past a body, in which the fluid remains smooth and relatively unchanged. </DL>
<A NAME="streamliner">
<B>streamliner, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a streamlined railroad train or other vehicle. <BR> <I>Ex. Light-weight, low-slung streamliners whisk you from city to city in record time (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="streamofconsciousness">
<B>stream of consciousness,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the freely flowing thoughts and associations of any one of the characters in a story. </DL>
<A NAME="streamofconsciousness">
<B>stream-of-consciousness, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a method of storytelling in which the author tells the story through the freely flowing thoughts and associations of one of the characters. </DL>
<A NAME="streamside">
<B>streamside, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> the margin or bank of a stream. <DD><I>adj. </I> beside a stream; on the bank of a stream. <BR> <I>Ex. streamside trees.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="streamtable">
<B>stream table,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tray for sand, earth, and water, used to study streamflow and other geological processes. </DL>
<A NAME="streamway">
<B>streamway, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the shallow bed of a stream; watercourse. <DD><B> 2. </B>the main current of a river. </DL>
<A NAME="streamy">
<B>streamy, </B>adjective, <B>streamier,</B> <B>streamiest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>full of streams or watercourses. <DD><B> 2. </B>flowing in a stream; streaming. </DL>
<A NAME="streek">
<B>streek, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to stretch. <DD><B> 2. </B>to lay out (a corpse). <DD><I>v.i. </I> to stretch. <DD><I>noun </I> extent. </DL>
