To run swiftly.n. A line, band, or stripe of somewhat irregular shape.n. In mineralogy, the line or mark of fine powder produced when a mineral is scratched, or when it is rubbed upon a hard, rough surface, as that of unglazed porcelain.n. In zoology, a color-mark of considerable length for its width, and generally less firm and regular than a stripe. See streaked, streaky, and compare stripe, 1.n. Figuratively, a trait; a vein; a turn of character or disposition; a whim.n. Nautical, same as strake, 6.n. A rung of a ladder.n. A short piece of iron, six of which form the wheel-tire of a wooden artillery-carriage.To put a streak upon or in; break up the surface of by one or more streaks.To stretch; extend.To lay out, as a dead body.To stretch out; shoot, as a rocket or a shooting-star.n. In turpentine-making, the portion of a bled pine-tree from which the resin exudes.