Street word meaning and definition

[noun] a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
[noun] the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street"
[noun] people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
[noun] (informal) a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
[noun] 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"

\Street\ (str[=e]t), n. [OE. strete, AS. str[=ae]t, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Stratum}, {Stray}, v. & a.] Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. --Coverdale. At home or through the high street passing. --Milton. Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. His deserted mansion in Duke Street. --Macaulay. {The street} (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds. {Street Arab}, {Street broker}, etc. See under {Arab}, {Broker}, etc. {Street door}, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street. Syn: See {Way}.

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