a public thoroughfare in a city, town, or village, typically with buildings, esp including shops, along both sides, and pavements
(treated as sing. or pl) the inhabitants or temporary occupants of a street
There's no need to tell the whole street
(used before a noun)
homeless; living and sleeping in the streets
street kids
relating to the culture of those adept at surviving in the urban environment
street chic
on the street
homeless; vagrant
on the streets
earning one's living as a prostitute
streets ahead/better
informal immeasurably better
streets ahead of the other candidates
up/down one's street
suited to one's abilities or tastes
[Old English stræt via a prehistoric Germanic word from Latin strata (via) paved (way), fem past part. of sternere to strew, spread]