Definitions for streetstrit
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
streetstrit(n.)
a usu. paved public thoroughfare, as in a town or city, including sidewalks.
such a thoroughfare together with adjacent property.
the roadway of such a thoroughfare distinguished from the sidewalk.
the inhabitants or frequenters of a street:
The whole street is talking.
the Street, the section of a city associated with a given profession or trade, as Wall Street.
(adj.)of or adjoining a street:
a street door.
Category: Common Vocabulary
taking place or appearing on the street:
street fight; street musicians.
Category: Common Vocabulary
coarse; vulgar:
street language.
Category: Common Vocabulary
suitable for everyday wear in public:
street clothes.
Category: Common Vocabulary
retail:
the street price of a new computer; the street value of a drug.
Category: Common Vocabulary
Idioms for street:
on or in the street, without a home. without a job or occupation; idle. out of prison or police custody; at liberty.
Category: Idiom, Common Vocabulary
Origin of street:
bef. 900; ME; OE strēt, strǣt, c. OFris strēte, OS strāta, OHG strāz(z)a, all 蠐 LL (via) strāta paved (road); see stratum
Princeton's WordNet
street(noun)
a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
"they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
street(noun)
the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
"be careful crossing the street"
street(noun)
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"
street(noun)
a situation offering opportunities
"he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
street(noun)
people living or working on the same street
"the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
street(noun)strit
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.
streetstrit
living without shelter; = homeless
mentally ill people living on the street
Wiktionary
street(Noun)
A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
Walk down the street.
street(Noun)
A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue.
street(Noun)
The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
street(Noun)
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.
street(Noun)
Street talk or slang.
street(Noun)
a large amount
He's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school.
street(Noun)
Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
street(Noun)
Illicit, contraband, especially of a drug
I got some pot cheap on the street.
street(Adjective)
Having street cred; conforming to modern urban trends.
Webster Dictionary
Street(adj)
originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses
Translations for street
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
street(noun)
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.
- straatAfrikaans
- شارِعArabic
- улицаBulgarian
- ruaPortuguese (BR)
- uliceCzech
- die StraßeGerman
- gadeDanish
- δρόμοςGreek
- calleSpanish
- tänavEstonian
- خيابانFarsi
- katuFinnish
- rueFrench
- רְחוֹבHebrew
- सड़क जिसपर घर होंHindi
- ulicaCroatian
- utcaHungarian
- jalanIndonesian
- gata, strætiIcelandic
- strada, viaItalian
- 通りJapanese
- 거리Korean
- gatvėLithuanian
- ielaLatvian
- jalanMalay
- straatDutch
- gateNorwegian
- ulicaPolish
- خيابانPersian
- کوڅهPashto
- ruaPortuguese
- stradăRomanian
- улицаRussian
- ulicaSlovak
- ulicaSlovenian
- ulicaSerbian
- gataSwedish
- ถนนThai
- sokak, caddeTurkish
- 街(道)Chinese (Trad.)
- вулицяUkrainian
- سڑکUrdu
- đường phốVietnamese
- 街（道）Chinese (Simp.)
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