street

¹street

noun \ˈstrēt\

Definition of STREET

1

a : a thoroughfare especially in a city, town, or village that is wider than an alley or lane and that usually includes sidewalks b : the part of a street reserved for vehicles c : a thoroughfare with abutting property <lives on a fashionable street>

2

: the people occupying property on a street <the whole street knew about the accident>

3

: a promising line of development or a channeling of effort <a crafty politician working both sides of the street> <success through compromise is a two-way street>

4

capitalized a : a district (as Wall Street or Fleet Street) identified with a particular profession b : the people who work in such a district <doing better than the Street expected>

5

: an environment (as in a depressed neighborhood or section of a city) of poverty, dereliction, or crime <grew up on the mean streets>

— on the street or in the street

1

: idle, homeless, or out of a job

2

: out of prison : at liberty

— up one's street or down one's street

: suited to one's abilities or taste

Examples of STREET

1. They live on a busy street.
2. You should look both ways before crossing the street.
3. The police car cruised up the street.
4. Many of our customers walk in off the street without having heard of us before.

Origin of STREET

Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt, from Late Latin strata paved road, from Latin, feminine of stratus, past participle — more at stratum

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to STREET

Synonyms: arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard, carriageway [British], drag, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, pike, road, roadway, route, row, way, thoroughfare, thruway, trace, turnpike

Related Words: causeway; autobahn, autoroute, autostrada, dual carriageway [chiefly British], interstate, motorway [chiefly British], superhighway; beltway, bypass, parkway, ring road [chiefly British]; corniche, switchback; through street; high street [British], Main Street; backstreet, branch, bystreet, byway, crossroad, secondary road, shunpike, side road, side street; alley, alleyway; circle, lane, laneway [British], mews [chiefly British], place; close [chiefly British], cul-de-sac, dead end; corridor; track, trail

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Rhymes with STREET

beat, beet, bleat, cheat, cleat, Crete, deet, eat, feat, fleet, Geat, gleet, greet, heat, lied, meat, meet, mete, neat, peat, pleat, seat, sheet, skeet, sleet, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, weet, wheat