stripe

  • 111stripe n — Sports are refereed by people of many stripes …

    English expressions

  • 112stripe — noun 1》 a long, narrow band or strip of a different colour or texture from the surface on either side of it. 2》 a chevron sewn on to a uniform to denote military rank. 3》 chiefly N. Amer. a type or category. 4》 archaic a blow with a lash. verb… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 113stripe — I. v. a. Streak. II. n. 1. Streak. 2. Stroke (with a lash), blow, lash. 3. Wale, mark of the lash …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 114stripe — noun (C) 1 a line of colour, especially one of several lines of colour all close together: a shirt with black and white stripes 2 a narrow piece of material worn on the arm of a uniform as a sign of rank: A sergeant has three stripes. 3 earn your …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 115stripe — [straɪp] noun [C] a line of one colour on a background of a different colour a white shirt with red stripes[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 116stripe —   Kaha (as on a flag or military insignia); hālu a, haua, kahakahana.     Stars and stripes, nā hōkū a me nā kaha …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 117stripe rust — Plant Pathol. a disease of wheat, barley, rye, and other grasses, characterized by elongated rows of yellow spores on the affected parts, caused by a rust fungus, Puccinia glumarum. Also called yellow rust. * * * …

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  • 118stripe smut — Plant Pathol. a disease of grasses, characterized by stripes of black spores on the leaves, caused by any of several smut fungi of the genera Urocystis and Ustilago. * * * …

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  • 119stripe of Gennari — see under line …

    Medical dictionary

  • 120stripe smut — /ˈstraɪp smʌt/ (say struyp smut) noun any of several diseases of grasses caused by fungi of the order Ustilaginales, as Urocystis agropyri on wheat. Also, flag smut …