Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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streak | Yes | No | Yes | No |
striation | Yes | No | No | No |
streak (noun) | striation (noun) |
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a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background | a stripe or stripes of contrasting color |
a distinctive characteristic | any of a number of tiny parallel grooves such as: the scratches left by a glacier on rocks or the streaks or ridges in muscle tissue |
a sudden flash (as of lightning) | |
an unbroken series of events |
streak (verb) | striation (verb) |
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mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained | |
move quickly in a straight line | |
run naked in a public place |