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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STREET, n. [L., strewed or spread. See Strew.]
1. Properly, a paved way or road; but in usage, any way or road in a city, chiefly a main way, in distinction from a lane or alley.
2. Among the people of New England, any public highway.
3. Streets, plural, any public way, road or place.
That there be no complaining in our streets. Psalms 144.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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"

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English strete, from Old English str?t, from Late Latin strata paved road, from Latin, feminine of stratus, past participle — more at stratum Date: before 12th century 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> II. adjective Date: 15th century 1. of or relating to the streets: as a. adjoining or giving access to a street <the street door> b. carried on or taking place in the street <street fighting> c. living or working on the streets <a street peddler> <street people> d. located in, used for, or serving as a guide to the streets <a street map> e. performing in or heard on the street <a street band> f. (1) suitable for wear or use on the street <street clothes> (2) not touching the ground — used of a woman's dress in lengths reaching the knee, calf, or ankle g. of, relating to, or characteristic of the street environment <street drugs> <used…his new street cred to develop contacts — Dale Keiger> 2. retail <the street price>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a a public road in a city, town, or village. b this with the houses or other buildings on each side. 2 the persons who live or work on a particular street. Phrases and idioms: in the street 1 in the area outside the houses. 2 (of Stock Exchange business) done after closing-time. not in the same street with colloq. utterly inferior to in ability etc. on the streets 1 living by prostitution. 2 homeless. street Arab 1 a homeless child. 2 an urchin. street credibility familiarity with a fashionable urban subculture. street cries Brit. the cries of street hawkers. street door a main outer house-door opening on the street. street jewellery enamel advertising plates as collectors' items. streets ahead (often foll. by of) colloq. much superior (to). street value the value of drugs sold illicitly. up (or right up) one's street colloq. 1 within one's range of interest or knowledge. 2 to one's liking. Derivatives: streeted adj. (also in comb.). streetward adj. & adv. Etymology: OE stræt f. LL strata (via) paved (way), fem. past part. of sternere lay down

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(streets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A street is a road in a city, town, or village, usually with houses along it. He lived at 66 Bingfield Street... Boppard is a small, quaint town with narrow streets. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 2. You can use street or streets when talking about activities that happen out of doors in a town rather than inside a building. Changing money on the street is illegal-always use a bank... Their aim is to raise a million pounds to get the homeless off the streets. ...a New York street gang. N-COUNT: the N, usu on/off N 3. see also back street, civvy street, Downing Street, Fleet Street, high street, Wall Street 4. If someone is streets ahead of you, they are much better at something than you are. He was streets ahead of the other contestants. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR, oft PHR of n 5. If you talk about the man in the street or the man or woman in the street, you mean ordinary people in general. The average man or woman in the street doesn't know very much about immune disorders. PHRASE 6. If a job or activity is up your street, it is the kind of job or activity that you are very interested in. (BRIT; in AM, use up your alley) She loved it, this was just up her street. PHRASE: usu v-link PHR

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The street called "Straight" at Damascus (Acts 9:11) is "a long broad street, running from east to west, about a mile in length, and forming the principal thoroughfare in the city." In Oriental towns streets are usually narrow and irregular and filthy (Ps. 18:42; Isa. 10:6). "It is remarkable," says Porter, "that all the important cities of Palestine and Syria Samaria, Caesarea, Gerasa, Bozrah, Damascus, Palmyra, had their 'straight streets' running through the centre of the city, and lined with stately rows of columns. The most perfect now remaining are those of Palmyra and Gerasa, where long ranges of the columns still stand.", Through Samaria, etc.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

stret.

See CITY.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Road, highway, public way, way.

Moby Thesaurus

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