different between streak vs binding

English

Etymology

From Middle English streke, from Old English strica, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“line”). Related to North Frisian strijck, Old Saxon striki, Middle Low German streke, Low German streek, Danish streg, Swedish streck, Norwegian Bokmål strek, Icelandic stryk, strykr, Dutch streek, Afrikaans streek, Old High German strih, German Strich, Gothic ???????????????????????? (striks).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?i?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

streak (plural streaks)

1. An irregular line left from smearing or motion.

2. A continuous series of like events.

3. 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.
4. A moth of the family Geometridae, Chesias legatella.
   • Streak (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
5. A tendency or characteristic, but not a dominant or pervasive one.
6. (shipbuilding) A strake.
7. A rung or round of a ladder.
8. The act of streaking, or running naked through a public area

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

streak (third-person singular simple present streaks, present participle streaking, simple past and past participle streaked)

1. (intransitive) To have or obtain streaks.

   If you clean a window in direct sunlight, it will streak.

2. (intransitive, slang) To run naked in public. (Contrast flash)

   It was a pleasant game until some guy went streaking across the field.

3. (transitive) To create streaks.

   You will streak a window by cleaning it in direct sunlight.
4. (transitive) To move very swiftly.
5. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland) To stretch; to extend; hence, to lay out, as a dead body.

Translations

See also

• losing streak
• streaker
• winning streak
• talk a blue streak

Anagrams

• Akters, Kaster, Krastë, Skater, Staker, Starke, Tasker, retask, sakret, skater, staker, strake, takers, tasker, trakes

English

Etymology

From Middle English byndyng; equivalent to bind +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?nd?ing, IPA^(key): /?ba?nd??/
• Hyphenation: bind?ing

Adjective

binding (comparative more binding, superlative most binding)

1. (of an agreement, contract, etc.) Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.

2. (of food) Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.

Synonyms

• (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured): bounden, obligatory

Antonyms

• (imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured): non-binding

Hyponyms

• data-binding

Related terms

• binding agent

Translations

Noun

binding (plural bindings)

1. An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
2. The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
3. (sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
4. (programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.
5. (programming) The interface of a library with a programming language other than one it is written in.

   The Python binding is automatically generated.

6. (chemistry) The action or result of making two or more molecules stick together.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

binding

1. present participle of bind

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bindinge. Equivalent to binden +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?n.d??/
• Hyphenation: bin?ding
• Rhymes: -?nd??

Noun

binding f (uncountable)

1. binding, tying, act of applying bonds to someone or of fastening something
2. connection, bond, tie (association or commitment to someone or something)

Derived terms

• bindingsangst

Faroese

Etymology

binda +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?nt??k/

Noun

binding f (genitive singular bindingar, plural bindingar)

1. bond, fixation
2. knitting
3. (grammar) definiteness

Declension

See also

• (definiteness): bundið (definite), óbundið (indefinite)

Middle English

Noun

binding

1. Alternative form of byndyng

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From binde +? -ing

Noun

binding f or m (definite singular bindinga or bindingen, indefinite plural bindinger, definite plural bindingene)

1. a bond, tie

   (chemistry) kjemisk binding - chemical bond

2. a binding, fastening
3. (psyschology) a fixation

Derived terms

• bindingsverk

References

• “binding” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “binding” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From binde +? -ing

Noun

binding f (definite singular bindinga, indefinite plural bindingar, definite plural bindingane)

1. a bond, tie

   (chemistry) kjemisk binding - chemical bond

2. a binding, fastening
3. (psyschology) a fixation

Derived terms

• bindingsverk

References

• “binding” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.