a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
such a thoroughfare together with adjacent buildings, lots, etc.: Houses, lawns, and trees composed a very pleasant street.
the roadway of such a thoroughfare, as distinguished from the sidewalk: to cross a street.
a main way or thoroughfare, as distinguished from a lane, alley, or the like.
the inhabitants or frequenters of a street: The whole street gossiped about the new neighbors.
the Street,Informal.
the section of a city associated with a given profession or trade, especially when concerned with business or finance, as Wall Street.
the principal theater and entertainment district of any of a number of U.S. cities.
adjective
of, on, or adjoining a street: a street door just off the sidewalk.
taking place or appearing on the street: street fight; street musicians.
coarse; crude; vulgar: street language.
suitable for everyday wear: street clothes; street dress.
retail: the street price of a new computer; the street value of a drug.
Idioms for street
on / in the street,
without a home: You'll be out on the street if the rent isn't paid.
without a job or occupation; idle.
out of prison or police custody; at liberty.
up one's street, British. alley1 (def. 7).
Origin of street
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English strēt, strǣt; cognate with Dutch straat,German Strasse; all ultimately from Latin (via) strāta “paved (road)”; see stratum
SYNONYMS FOR street
1 roadway, concourse.
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synonym study for street
1. Street,alley,avenue,boulevard all refer to public ways or roads in municipal areas. A street is a road in a village, town, or city, especially a road lined with buildings. An alley is a narrow street or footway, especially at the rear of or between rows of buildings or lots. An avenue is properly a prominent street, often one bordered by fine residences and impressive buildings, or with a row of trees on each side. A boulevard is a beautiful, broad street, lined with rows of stately trees, especially used as a promenade. In some cities street and avenue are used interchangeably, the only difference being that those running one direction (say, north and south) are given one designation and those crossing them are given the other.
We will be reporting from the road and the streets in the leadup to and aftermath of Election Day.
Sunday Magazine: The Deciders|Daniel Malloy|September 13, 2020|Ozy
In January, 1986, CW bet “you won’t have to wait a decade to see its like on the street.”
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Open storefronts, and streets bustling with retail and sidewalk activity bring more “eyes,” and streets therefore feel safer for all.
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So when I got back from Canada, I was quarantined for two weeks and that’s when everything started to really happen in terms of people actually getting in the streets or more getting in the streets.
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When sheriff’s deputies arrested him, he was in the middle of a street in Jamul, trying to get hit by passing cars.
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A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.
France Mourns—and Hunts|Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When it became too crowded, they moved her into an open casket on the street.
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The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As they entered the street it seemed as if they could hardly pass through.
Brenda, Her School and Her Club|Helen Leah Reed
While looking out of that top-floor window one day I noticed a cat on a window-ledge of the house across the street.
Outwitting the Hun|Pat O'Brien
Across the street he saw a window with a display of camping equipment, portable stoves, boots, rifles.
It Could Be Anything|John Keith Laumer
The young man was taken through the house and conducted along the street as far as the next ingress to the walls.
Rich Relatives|Compton Mackenzie
For his passage the street had been cleared, the guards deployed, the houses decked.
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story|Various
British Dictionary definitions for street
street
/ (striːt) /
noun
(capital when part of a name)a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a townOxford Street
(as modifier)a street directory
the buildings lining a street
the part of the road between the pavements, used by vehicles
the people living, working, etc, in a particular street
(modifier)of or relating to the urban counterculturestreet style; street drug
man in the streetan ordinary or average citizen
on the streets
earning a living as a prostitute
homeless
streets ahead ofinformalsuperior to, more advanced than, etc
streets apartinformalmarkedly different
up one's streetorright up one's streetinformal(just) what one knows or likes best
verb(tr)
Australianto outdistance
Word Origin for street
Old English strǣt, from Latin via strāta paved way (strāta, from strātus, past participle of sternere to stretch out); compare Old Frisian strēte, Old High German strāza; see stratus