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street

/stɹiːt/

noun

Meaning

  • A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.

    "Walk down the street until you see a hotel on the right."

  • A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.

    "I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue."

  • The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.

  • The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.

  • An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.

    "I got some pot cheap on the street."

  • Streetwise slang.

  • A great distance.

    "He's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school."

  • Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.

  • Living in the streets.

    "a street cat; a street urchin"

  • (urban toponymy) By restriction, the streets that run perpendicular to avenues.

verb

Meaning

  • To build or equip with streets.

  • To eject; to throw onto the streets.

  • (by extension) To heavily defeat.

  • To go on sale.

  • To proselytize in public.

adjective

Meaning

  • Having street cred; conforming to modern urban trends.