noun
1 long narrow line
ADJECTIVE
▪ broad , wide
▪ narrow , thin
▪ bold , dark
▪ subtle
▪ distinctive
▪ diagonal , horizontal , vertical
STRIPE + VERB
▪ run
▪
The butterfly is black and white with a blue ~ running down each wing.
PREPOSITION
▪ with ~s
▪
a white tablecloth with red ~s
▪ ~ across , ~ down
▪
The toad has a distinctive yellow ~ down its back.
2 ( esp. AmE ) kind/type
ADJECTIVE
▪ ideological , political
▪ all , any , every , various
PREPOSITION
▪ of … ~
▪
Politicians of every ~ have demonstrated a thirst for power.