Definitions of Street [strit]

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Definition of 'Street'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) street
a usu. paved public thoroughfare, as in a town or city, including sidewalks.

2.  street
such a thoroughfare together with adjacent property.

3.  street
the roadway of such a thoroughfare distinguished from the sidewalk.

4.  street
the inhabitants or frequenters of a street:
The whole street is talking.

5.  street
the Street,

6.  street
the section of a city associated with a given profession or trade, as Wall Street.

7. (adj.) street
of or adjoining a street:
a street door.

8.  street
taking place or appearing on the street:
street fight; street musicians.

9.  street
coarse; vulgar:
street language.

10.  street
suitable for everyday wear in public:
street clothes.

11.  street
retail:
the street price of a new computer; the street value of a drug.

12.  street
without a home.

13.  street
without a job or occupation; idle.

14.  street
out of prison or police custody; at liberty.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME; OE strēt, stræmacr;t, c. OFris strēte, OS

Definition of 'Street'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) street
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
"they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"

2. (noun) street
the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
"be careful crossing the street"

3. (noun) street
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. (noun) street
a situation offering opportunities
"he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"

5. (noun) street
people living or working on the same street
"the whole street protested the absence of street lights"

Definition of 'Street'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) street
a public paved road with buildings at the side
city streets full of traffic; I live on Garden Street.; We walked across/down/up the street.

2. street
on the street/streets
living without shelter; = homeless
mentally ill people living on the street

Definition of 'Street'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Street
originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses

Translation of 'Street'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a road with houses, shops etc on one or both sides, in a town or village the main shopping street; I met her in the street.
Afrikaans: straat	Arabic: شارِع	Bulgarian: улица
Brazilian: rua	Czech: ulice	German: die Straße
Danish: gade	Greek: δρόμος	Spanish: calle
Estonian: tänav	Farsi: خيابان	Finnish: katu
French: rue	Hebrew: רְחוֹב	Hindi: सड़क जिसपर घर हों
Croatian: ulica	Hungarian: utca	Indonesian: jalan
Icelandic: gata, stræti	Italian: strada, via	Japanese: 通り
Korean: 거리	Lithuanian: gatvė	Latvian: iela
Malay: jalan	Dutch: straat	Norwegian: gate
Polish: ulica	Persian: خيابان	Pashto: کوڅه
Portuguese: rua	Romanian: stradă	Russian: улица
Slovak: ulica	Slovenian: ulica	Serbian: ulica
Swedish: gata	Thai: ถนน	Turkish: sokak, cadde
Taiwanese: 街(道)	Ukrainian: вулиця	Urdu: سڑک
Vietnamese: đường phố	Chinese: 街（道）
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