Streak

To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

A line or long mark of a different color from the ground; a stripe; a vein.

A strake.

The fine powder or mark yielded by a mineral when scratched or rubbed against a harder surface, the color of which is sometimes a distinguishing character.

The rung or round of a ladder.

To form streaks or stripes in or on; to stripe; to variegate with lines of a different color, or of different colors.

With it as an object: To run swiftly.

a distinctive characteristic; "he has a stubborn streak"; "a streak of wildness"