Street
WordNet
noun
(1) A thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
"They walked the streets of the small town"
"He lives on Nassau Street"
(2) The part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
"Be careful crossing the street"
(3) People living or working on the same street
"The whole street protested the absence of street lights"
(4) A situation offering opportunities
"He worked both sides of the street"
"Cooperation is a two-way street"
(5) The streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
"She tried to keep her children off the street"
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Etymology
, from West , from , used as a short form of . The West Germanic form also gave Dutch , German (Scandinavian forms are borrowed from Old English); cognates from Latin include Portuguese , Italian .
Noun
- A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
- A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
- The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
- The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
- Street talk or slang.
- 2008, Andrew Fleming and Pam Brady, Hamlet 2, Focus Features
- Toaster is street for guns.
- 2008, Andrew Fleming and Pam Brady, Hamlet 2, Focus Features