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Definitions for Street

[1] a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
[2] such a thoroughfare together with adjacent buildings, lots, etc.: Houses, lawns, and trees composed a very pleasant street.
[3] the roadway of such a thoroughfare, as distinguished from the sidewalk: to cross a street.
[4] a main way or thoroughfare, as distinguished from a lane, alley, or the like.
[5] the inhabitants or frequenters of a street: The whole street gossiped about the new neighbors.
[6] 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.
[7] of, on, or adjoining a street: a street door just off the sidewalk.
[8] taking place or appearing on the street: street fight; street musicians.
[9] coarse; crude; vulgar: street language.
[10] suitable for everyday wear: street clothes; street dress.
[11] retail: the street price of a new computer; the street value of a drug.
[12] 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.
[13] up one's street , British . alley1(def 7) .
[14] (capital when part of a name) a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a town Oxford Street (as modifier ) a street directory
[15] the buildings lining a street
[16] the part of the road between the pavements, used by vehicles
[17] the people living, working, etc, in a particular street
[18] (modifier) of or relating to the urban counterculture street style ; street drug
[19] man in the street an ordinary or average citizen
[20] on the streets earning a living as a prostitute homeless
[21] streets ahead of informal superior to, more advanced than, etc
[22] streets apart informal markedly different
[23] up one's street or right up one's street informal (just) what one knows or likes best
[24] Australian to outdistance

Words related to Street

roadway, lane, boulevard, court, thoroughfare, track, route, trail, pavement, place, road, avenue, highway, drive, passage, drag, terrace, way, turf, artery

Words nearby Street

streator, streek, streeking, streel, streep, street, street arab, street certificate, street christian, street cleaner, street cred

Origin of Street

before 900; Middle English; Old English strēt, strǣt; cognate with Dutch straat, German Strasse; all ≪ Latin (via ) strāta paved (road); see stratum

Other words from Street

street·less , adjective
street·like , adjective
in·ter·street , adjective

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

Synonyms for Street

avenue, boulevard, court, highway, lane, pavement, place, road, roadway, route, thoroughfare, track, trail, artery, byway, drag, drive, parkway, passage, row, stroll, terrace, turf, way, back alley, dead end