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street S0802600 (strēt)n.1. a. Abbr. St. A public way or thoroughfare in a city or town, usually with a sidewalk or sidewalks.b. Such a public way considered apart from the sidewalks: Don't play in the street.c. A public way or road along with the houses or buildings abutting it: lives on a quiet street.2. The people living, working, or habitually gathering in or along a street: The whole street protested the new parking regulations.3. Street A district, such as Wall Street in New York City, that is identified with a specific profession. Often used with the.4. The streets of a city viewed as the scene of crime, poverty, or dereliction.5. The common public viewed as a repository of public attitudes and understanding.adj.1. Near or giving passage to a street: a street door.2. a. Taking place in the street: a street brawl; street crime.b. Living or making a living on the streets: street people; a street vendor.c. Performing on the street: street musicians; a street juggler.d. Crude; vulgar: street language; street humor.3. Appropriate for wear or use in public: street clothes.Idiom: on/in the street1. Without a job; idle.2. Without a home; homeless.3. Out of prison; at liberty. [Middle English strete, from Old English strǣt, strēt, from Late Latin strāta, paved road, from Latin, feminine past participle of sternere, to stretch, extend, pave; see ster- in Indo-European roots.]street (striːt) n1. (Automotive Engineering) a. (capital when part of a name) a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a town: Oxford Street. b. (as modifier): a street directory. 2. (Human Geography) the buildings lining a street3. (Automotive Engineering) the part of the road between the pavements, used by vehicles4. (Sociology) the people living, working, etc, in a particular street5. (Sociology) (modifier) of or relating to urban counterculture: street style; street drug. 6. man in the street an ordinary or average citizen7. on the streets a. earning a living as a prostituteb. homeless8. streets ahead of informal superior to, more advanced than, etc9. streets apart informal markedly different10. up one's street right up one's street informal (just) what one knows or likes bestvb (tr) Austral to outdistance[Old English strǣt, from Latin via strāta paved way (strāta, from strātus, past participle of sternere to stretch out); compare Old Frisian strēte, Old High German strāza; see stratus]street (strit) n. 1. a usu. paved public thoroughfare, as in a town or city, including sidewalks. 2. such a thoroughfare together with adjacent property. 3. the roadway of such a thoroughfare distinguished from the sidewalk. 4. the inhabitants or frequenters of a street: The whole street is talking. 5. the Street, the section of a city associated with a given profession or trade, as Wall Street. adj. 6. of or adjoining a street: a street door. 7. taking place or appearing on the street: street fight; street musicians. 8. coarse; vulgar: street language. 9. suitable for everyday wear in public: street clothes. 10. retail: the street price of a new computer; the street value of a drug. Idioms: on or in the street, a. without a home. b. without a job or occupation; idle. c. out of prison or police custody; at liberty. [before 900; Middle English; Old English strēt, strǣt, c. Old Frisian strēte, Old Saxon strāta, Old High German strāz(z)a, all « Late Latin (via) strāta paved (road); see stratum] street road">road lane">lane1. 'street'A street is a road in a town or large village, usually with houses or other buildings built alongside it. The two men walked slowly down the street.They went into the café across the street.2. 'road'Road is a very general word for a paved way in a town or between towns. You can use road in almost any context where street is used. For example, you can say 'They walked down the street' or 'They walked down the road'. You can also use road for paved ways in the countryside. The road to the airport was blocked.They drove up a steep, twisting mountain road.3. 'lane'A lane is a narrow road, usually in the countryside. There's a cottage at the end of the lane.He rode his horse down a muddy lane.A lane is also one of the parts of a large road such as a motorway, which has more than one line of traffic going in each direction. She accelerated into the fast lane.Are taxis allowed to use the bus lane?street Past participle: streeted Gerund: streeting
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I street | you street | he/she/it streets | we street | you street | they street |
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I streeted | you streeted | he/she/it streeted | we streeted | you streeted | they streeted |
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I am streeting | you are streeting | he/she/it is streeting | we are streeting | you are streeting | they are streeting |
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I have streeted | you have streeted | he/she/it has streeted | we have streeted | you have streeted | they have streeted |
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I was streeting | you were streeting | he/she/it was streeting | we were streeting | you were streeting | they were streeting |
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I had streeted | you had streeted | he/she/it had streeted | we had streeted | you had streeted | they had streeted |
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I will street | you will street | he/she/it will street | we will street | you will street | they will street |
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I will have streeted | you will have streeted | he/she/it will have streeted | we will have streeted | you will have streeted | they will have streeted |
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I will be streeting | you will be streeting | he/she/it will be streeting | we will be streeting | you will be streeting | they will be streeting |
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I have been streeting | you have been streeting | he/she/it has been streeting | we have been streeting | you have been streeting | they have been streeting |
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I will have been streeting | you will have been streeting | he/she/it will have been streeting | we will have been streeting | you will have been streeting | they will have been streeting |
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I had been streeting | you had been streeting | he/she/it had been streeting | we had been streeting | you had been streeting | they had been streeting |
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I would street | you would street | he/she/it would street | we would street | you would street | they would street |
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I would have streeted | you would have streeted | he/she/it would have streeted | we would have streeted | you would have streeted | they would have streeted | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | street - a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"alley, alleyway, back street - a narrow street with walls on both sidesboulevard, avenue - a wide street or thoroughfarecross street - a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of itlocal road, local street - a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering ithigh street, main street - street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a townmews - street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings; "she lives in a Chelsea mews"pavement, paving - the paved surface of a thoroughfarerue - (French) a street or road in Franceside street - a street intersecting a main street and terminating therethoroughfare - a public road from one place to another | | 2. | street - the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street"one-way street - a street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one directionthoroughfare - a public road from one place to anothertwo-way street - a street on which vehicular traffic can move in either of two directions; "you have to look both ways crossing a two-way street" | | 3. | 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"concrete jungle - an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasantenvironment - the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" | | 4. | street - a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechchance, opportunity - a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" | | 5. | street - people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"neighborhood, neighbourhood - people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" |
streetnoun road, lane, avenue, terrace, row, boulevard, roadway, thoroughfare a small, quaint town with narrow streetson the streets homeless, down and out, sleeping rough, living rough, of no fixed abode youngsters who are on the streetsstreets ahead of something or someone much better than, a cut above, head and shoulders above, more than a match for, in a different class from He was streets ahead of the other contestants.the man or woman in the street Joe Public, John Doe (U.S. informal), Joe Bloggs (Brit. informal), the man on the Clapham omnibus (Brit. informal), Mr or Mrs Average the average man or woman in the streetup your street (Informal) to your liking, to your taste, your cup of tea (informal), pleasing, familiar, suitable, acceptable, compatible, congenial She loved it, this was right up her street.streetnounA course affording passage from one place to another:avenue, boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, road, roadway, route, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way.Translationsstreet (striːt) noun1. 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. 街(道) 街(道) 2. (abbreviated to St when written) used in the names of certain roads. Her address is 4 Shakespeare St. (城市中的) 街 (城市中的)...街 ˈstreetcar noun (especially American) a tramcar. (市內)有軌電車 有轨电车street directory a booklet giving an index and plans of a city's streets. 街名指南(索引) 街名指南(索引) be streets ahead of / better than to be much better than. 比...好 比...好be up someone's street to be exactly suitable for someone. That job is just up your street. 適合於... 适合于...not to be in the same street as to be completely different, usually worse, in quality than. 難以和...相比 难以和...相比- I want a street map of the city → 我要一份城市街道图
street See:- (just/right) up (one's) street
- 10 Downing Street
- 23 Skidoo Street
- a one-way street
- all Lombard Street to a China orange
- back street
- be (just/right) up (one's) street
- be a one-way street
- be in Queer Street
- be not in the same league
- be on Queer Street
- be streets ahead
- be up your street
- down the road, not across the street
- down the street
- Downing Street
- easy street
- easy street, on
- Grub Street
- hit the streets
- in Queer Street
- in the street
- in the street(s)
- jump street
- main street
- man in the street
- man in the street, the
- man on the street
- not be in the same league/class/street
- not in the same street
- not in the same street (as someone or something)
- on Carey Street
- on easy street
- on Queer Street
- on the street
- on the street(s)
- on the streets
- put (out) on the street
- put on the street
- put something on the street
- Queer Street
- right up your street
- side street
- street appeal
- street casting
- street cred
- street people
- street pusher
- street smart
- street smarts
- street sweeper
- street time
- street-casting
- streets ahead
- take (out) on the street(s)
- take (something) to the street(s)
- take it to the street
- the man in the street
- the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
- the street
- the streets are paved with gold
- the woman on the street
- the word on the street
- two-way street
- up (one's) street
- up your street
- walk the streets
- Wall Street
- word on the street
- work both sides of the street
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street1. a. a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a town b. (as modifier): a street directory 2. the buildings lining a street 3. the part of the road between the pavements, used by vehicles StreetA paved way on which vehicles travel and park.![](file://ENCYDOPEDIA/f0485-01.jpg) street[strēt] (civil engineering) A paved road for vehicular traffic in an urban area. streetA public thoroughfare, usually paved, including all area within the right-of-way, such as sidewalks; a public way.MedicalSeeonStreet Related to Street: street viewstreetn. a roadway in an urban area, owned and maintained by the municipality for public use. A private road cannot be a street. STREET. A road in a village or city. In common parlance the word street is equivalent to highway. 4 Serg. & Rawle, 108. 2. A permission to the public for the space of eight, or even of six years, to use a street without bar or impediment, is evidence from which a dedication to the public maybe inferred. 11 East, R. 376; See 2 N. Hamp. 513; 4 B. & A. 447; 3 East, R. 294; 1 Law Intell. 134; 2 Smith's Lead. Cas. 94, n.; 2 Pick. R. 162; 2 Verm. R. 480; 5 Taunt. R. 125; S. C. 1 E. C. L. R. 34; 4 Camp. R. 169; 1 Camp. R. 260: 7 B. & C. 257; S. C. 14 E. C. L. R. 39; 5 B & Ald. 454; S. C. 7 E. C. L. R. 159; 1 Blackf. 44; 2 Wend. 472; 8 Wend. 85; 11 Wend. 486; 6 Pet. 431; 1 Paige, 510; and the article Dedication. Street
StreetMeans Wall Street financial community; brokers, dealers, underwriters, and other knowledgeable participants.Wall StreetA street in New York City that forms the center of its financial district. The NYSE, NASDAQ, and American Stock Exchange, among others, are headquartered on Wall Street. Additionally, several investment companies maintain their primary offices on or near Wall Street. Because of its influence on the wider financial world, Wall Street is often used as a byword for the financial industry in the United States and its lobbyists. In this sense, Wall Street is important to political discourse in the United States. The sheer amount of money traded on Wall Street render it vitally important to the global economy as well.See Str See STstreet Related to street: street viewSynonyms for streetnoun roadSynonyms- road
- lane
- avenue
- terrace
- row
- boulevard
- roadway
- thoroughfare
phrase on the streetsSynonyms- homeless
- down and out
- sleeping rough
- living rough
- of no fixed abode
phrase streets ahead of something or someoneSynonyms- much better than
- a cut above
- head and shoulders above
- more than a match for
- in a different class from
phrase the man or woman in the streetSynonyms- Joe Public
- John Doe
- Joe Bloggs
- the man on the Clapham omnibus
- Mr or Mrs Average
phrase up your streetSynonyms- to your liking
- to your taste
- your cup of tea
- pleasing
- familiar
- suitable
- acceptable
- compatible
- congenial
Synonyms for streetnoun a course affording passage from one place to anotherSynonyms- avenue
- boulevard
- drive
- expressway
- freeway
- highway
- path
- road
- roadway
- route
- superhighway
- thoroughfare
- thruway
- turnpike
- way
Words related to streetnoun a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildingsRelated Words- alley
- alleyway
- back street
- boulevard
- avenue
- cross street
- local road
- local street
- high street
- main street
- mews
- pavement
- paving
- rue
- side street
- thoroughfare
noun the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalksRelated Words- one-way street
- thoroughfare
- two-way street
noun the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and derelictionRelated Words- concrete jungle
- environment
noun a situation offering opportunitiesRelated Words- colloquialism
- chance
- opportunity
noun people living or working on the same streetRelated Words- neighborhood
- neighbourhood
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