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polychromic
adj. multicolor
  • checkered
  • dappled
  • flecked
  • kaleidoscopic
  • marbled
  • motley
  • mottled
  • multicolored
  • particolored
  • piebald
  • pied
  • polychromatic
  • polychrome
  • polychromous
  • prismatic
  • speckled
  • spotted
  • streaked
  • varicolored
  • variegated
  • veined
  • versicolor
  • versicolored

polychromous
adj. multicolor
  • checkered
  • dappled
  • flecked
  • kaleidoscopic
  • marbled
  • motley
  • mottled
  • multicolored
  • particolored
  • piebald
  • pied
  • polychromatic
  • polychrome
  • polychromic
  • prismatic
  • speckled
  • spotted
  • streaked
  • varicolored
  • variegated
  • veined
  • versicolor
  • versicolored

versicolor
adj. multicolor
  • checkered
  • dappled
  • flecked
  • kaleidoscopic
  • marbled
  • motley
  • mottled
  • multicolored
  • particolored
  • piebald
  • pied
  • polychromatic
  • polychrome
  • polychromic
  • polychromous
  • prismatic
  • speckled
  • spotted
  • streaked
  • varicolored
  • variegated
  • versicolored

versicolored
adj. multicolor
  • checkered
  • dappled
  • flecked
  • kaleidoscopic
  • marbled
  • motley
  • mottled
  • multicolored
  • particolored
  • piebald
  • pied
  • polychromatic
  • polychrome
  • polychromic
  • polychromous
  • prismatic
  • speckled
  • spotted
  • streaked
  • varicolored
  • variegated
  • veined
  • versicolor

discolor
verb. fading, dirtying of hue
  • besmear
  • besmirch
  • blot
  • defile
  • mar
  • mark
  • rust
  • smear
  • soil
  • stain
  • streak
  • sully
  • tar
  • tarnish
  • tinge

expose
verb. reveal
  • advertise
  • air
  • bare
  • betray
  • brandish
  • bring to light
  • broadcast
  • crack
  • debunk
  • denude
  • dig up
  • disclose
  • display
  • disport
  • divulge
  • exhibit
  • feature
  • flash
  • flaunt
  • give away
  • lay bare
  • lay open
  • leak
  • let cat out of bag
  • let out
  • make known
  • manifest
  • open
  • open to view
  • parade
  • present
  • prove
  • publish
  • put on view
  • report
  • show
  • show off
  • smoke out
  • spill
  • streak
  • tip off
  • trot out
  • unclothe
  • uncover
  • unearth
  • unfold
  • unmask
  • unshroud
  • unveil

flash
verb. move fast and display
  • bolt
  • brandish
  • dart
  • dash
  • disport
  • exhibit
  • expose
  • flaunt
  • flit
  • flourish
  • fly
  • parade
  • race
  • shoot
  • show
  • show off
  • speed
  • spring
  • streak
  • sweep
  • trot out
  • whistle
  • zoom

flaunt
verb. make an exhibition, show off
  • advertise
  • air
  • boast
  • brandish
  • break out
  • broadcast
  • declare
  • disclose
  • display
  • disport
  • divulge
  • expose
  • fan it
  • flash
  • flash about
  • flourish
  • gasconade
  • grandstand
  • hotdog
  • let it all hang out
  • make a scene
  • parade
  • proclaim
  • put on an act
  • reveal
  • roll out
  • show and tell
  • showcase
  • smack with
  • sport
  • spring on
  • streak
  • throw weight around
  • trot out
  • vaunt
  • wave around
  • whip out

fleck
verb. mark with spots
  • bespeckle
  • besprinkle
  • dapple
  • dot
  • dust
  • maculate
  • mottle
  • speckle
  • stipple
  • streak
  • variegate
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Word Origin & History

streak O.E. strica "line of motion, stroke of a pen" (related to strican "pass over lightly," see strike), from P.Gmc. *strikon (cf. M.L.G. streke "stroke, line," O.H.G., Ger. strich, Goth. striks "stroke, line"), from PIE base *streig- (see strigil). Sense of "long, thin mark" is first found 1567. Meaning "a temporary run (of luck)" is from 1843.

Example Sentences for streaked

"Seven yards windage, Hal," said one, whose hair was streaked with gray.

A pale scar, the mark of an old wound, streaked his left temple.

She is dull in color and streaked like the grass among which she lives.

Stan was dressed in a wrinkled and soiled outfit that was streaked with mud.

Their faces were drawn, grey and streaked with the dried salt sprays.

He had worked hard, and his face and hands were streaked with black.

It escaped, too, from the streaked eyes that looked at Tolliver as if through a veil.

His pard plugged him through the head, streaked out, got lost, died.

Then Zelaya threw some earth on Ruth's feet and streaked her limbs with the same.

His face was streaked with coal dust and his clothing was ragged and dirty.

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