From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
street
n 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: 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"
4: a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of
the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
5: people living or working on the same street; "the whole
street protested the absence of street lights"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.]
1. Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now
commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by
dwellings or business houses.
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He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto
the field. --Coverdale.
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At home or through the high street passing.
--Milton.
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Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the
roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border
the thoroughfare.
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His deserted mansion in Duke Street. --Macaulay.
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2. the roadway of a street[1], as distinguished from the
sidewalk; as, children playing in the street.
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3. the inhabitants of a particular street; as, the whole
street knew about their impending divorce.
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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.
on the street,
(a) homeless.
(b) unemployed.
(a) not in prison, or released from prison; the murderer
is still on the street.
Street Arab, Street broker, etc. See under Arab,
Broker, etc.
Street door, a door which opens upon a street, or is
nearest the street.
street person, a homeless person; a vagrant.
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Syn: See Way.
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