- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- alley1 (def. 7).
- a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a town
- (as modifier)
- 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
- of or relating to the urban counterculture
- an ordinary or average citizen
- on the streets
- earning a living as a prostitute
- homeless
- superior to, more advanced than, etc
- markedly different
- (just) what one knows or likes best
- to outdistance
