lump vs streak

lump

noun
  • A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body. 

  • A small, shaped mass of sugar, typically about a teaspoonful. 

  • A dull or lazy person. 

  • A beating or verbal abuse. 

  • A group, set, or unit. 

  • A projection beneath the breech end of a gun barrel. 

  • A kind of fish, the lumpsucker. 

  • Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape. 

verb
  • To treat as a single unit; to group together in a casual or chaotic manner (as if forming an ill-defined lump of the items). 

  • To bear (a heavy or awkward burden); to carry (something unwieldy) from one place to another. 

  • To hit or strike (a person). 

  • To burden (someone) with an undesired task or responsibility. 

  • To form a lump or lumps. 

streak

noun
  • A strake. 

  • The color of the powder of a mineral. So called, because a simple field test for a mineral is to streak it against unglazed white porcelain. 

  • The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area. 

  • An irregular line left from smearing or motion. 

  • A continuous series of like events. 

  • A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella. 

  • A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one. 

  • A rung or round of a ladder. 

verb
  • To have or obtain streaks. 

  • To create streaks. 

  • To run naked in public. (Contrast flash) 

  • To move very swiftly. 

  • To run quickly. 

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