See streak in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
streak strain 2vein
These nouns denote an inherent, often unexpected quality, as in a person's character: a streak of humor; a strain of melancholy; a vein of stubbornness.
See streak in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A slight amount or indication:
breath, dash, ghost, hair, hint, intimation, semblance, shade, shadow, soupçon, suggestion, suspicion, taste, tinge, touch, trace, whiff, whisper. (Informal) whisker. See big, showAn intermixture of a contrasting or unexpected quality, especially in a person's character:
strain2, vein. See be- (Informal)
A number of things placed or occurring one after the other:
chain, consecution, course, order, procession, progression, round, run, sequence, series, string, succession, suite, train. See order
verb
To mark with a line or band, as of different color or texture:
striate, stripe, variegate. See marks
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