Street

Definition: Street

Street

Noun

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. (informal) 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "street" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Bible

Dream Interpretation

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Abode

Street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews.

Commonalty

Noun: commonalty, democracy; obscurity; low condition, low life, low society, low company; bourgeoisie; mass of the people, mass of society; Brown Jones and Robinson; lower classes, humbler classes, humbler orders; vulgar herd, common herd; rank and file, hoc genus omne; the many, the general,the crowd, the people, the populace, the million, the masses, the mobility, the peasantry; king Mob; proletariat; fruges consumere nati, demos, hoi polloi, great unwashed; man in the street.

Mart

Mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall; shopping street.

Method

Roadway, pathway, stairway; express; thoroughfare; highway; turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road; broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway; beaten track, beaten path; horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path; walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk; crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway; cut; short cut; (mid-course); carrefour; private road, occupation road; highways and byways; railroad, railway, tram road, tramway; towpath; causeway; canal; (conduit); street; (abode); speedway.

Neologism

Jargon, technical terms, technicality, lingo, slang, cant, argot; St. Gile's Greek, thieves' Latin, peddler's French, flash tongue, Billingsgate, Wall Street slang.

Probability

Phrase: the chances, the odds are; appearances are in favor of, chances are in favor of; there is reason to believe, there is reason to think, there is reason to expect; I dare say; all Lombard Street to a China orange.

Region

Arena, precincts, enceinte, walk, march; patch, plot, parcel, inclosure, close, field, court; enclave, reserve, preserve; street; (abode).

Crosswords: Street

My name is Lester Burnham , this is my neighborhood, this is my street , this is my life (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

On the street, justice got no price (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

-- or she'll end up on the street! (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

And in the end you wind up dyin' all alone on some dusty street. For what (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman)

There's no mystery to the street, no arch criminal behind it all. It if you find a body and you think his brother did it, you're gonna find out you're right (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie)

Do the Wall Street shuffle (Wall Street Shuffle; performing artist: 10CC)

And you're back on the street (What It Takes; performing artist: Aerosmith)

It's growing in the street right up through the concrete (Spanish Harlem; performing artist: Aretha Franklin)

That's the word out on the street (Blow Your Mind; performing artist: Baha Men)

There's a restaurant down the street (Pinch Me; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

Two peanuts were walking down the street. One was asalted. (references; author: unknown)

America is a country which produces citizens who will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote. (references; author: unknown)

On the Street (1999)

Gossip Street (1974)

Tenants of Talkative Street (1974)

Incident on a Dark Street (1973)

Infernal Street (1973)

Basin Street Blues (performing artist: Henry Butler)

Hill Street Blues, Theme From (performing artist: Rodney Franklin)

Baker Street (performing artist: Gerry Rafferty)

59th Street Bridge Song (performing artist: Harper's Bazarre)

THE 59th STREET BRIDGE SONG (FEELIN' GROOVY)  (performing artist: Harpers Bizarre )

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Ann Street Group Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Main Street and Main Incorporated: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• South Street Financial Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• State Street Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Stone Street Bancorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Baker Street Whodunits (reference)

• Sesame Street Treasury: ABC & 1, 2, 3 (reference)

• Port Angeles/Aberdeen/ Hoquiam City Street Map (reference)

• Secret Admirer (Fear Street) (reference)

• Street Smarts, Firearms, And Personal Security : Jim Grover's Guide To Staying Alive And Avoiding Crime In The Real World (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• 44th Street Notes (reference)

• Asian Wall Street Journal (reference)

• Baker Street Journal (reference)

• Bank Street Reporting (reference)

• Bawl Street Journal (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Sesame Street - 123 Count With Me (reference)

• Sesame Street - Kids' Favorite Songs (reference)

• Sesame Street - The Best of Elmo (reference)

• Sesame Street - Elmo's World - Happy Holidays (reference)

• Sesame Street - Learning to Share (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Street Corner Serenade: The Greatest Doo Wop of the '50s and '60s (reference)

• Sesame Street Platinum: All-Time Favorites (reference)

• Shakedown Street (reference)

• Sherlock Holmes: Classic Themes From 221B Baker Street (Television And Film Score Anthology) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Dartmouth Street Underpass (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• NBA Street (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Sesame Street - Meal and Play Mat (reference)

• Sesame Street Big Bird - Bib, Burp Cloth and Hooded Towel Set - Lavender (reference)

• Sesame Street Cookie Monster - Bib, Burp Cloth and Hooded Towel Set - Blue (reference)

• Sesame Street Elmo - Bib, Burp Cloth And Hooded Towel Set - Pink (reference)

• Sesame Street Bobble n' Go Elmo Mirror (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The exterior of Building 31, A-wing during late summer taken from across the street. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Night Scene on Patpong Street Entertainment District, Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: CDC.

Man on street with polio. Credit: CDC.

Portion of nautical chart of San Francisco Bay entrance, 1859 Showing the Golden Gate and Alcatraz Island street layout, and wharves. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

South side of Main Street Bureau of Commercial Fisheries building on left. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

San Francisco 1854. From the head of Sacramento Street. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 510. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Vallejo Street Catholic Church. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 696. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Main street of the South Pole Station. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Strolling down main street of the Oliktok Point Camp Snow plows cover entrances to buildings similar to more urban areas. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Acushnet, MA, south of Hamilin Street. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

He that hath authority to seize my person in the street, may be opposed as a thief and a robber, if he endeavours to break into my house to execute a writ, notwithstanding that I know he has such a warrant, and such a legal authority, as will impower him to arrest me abroad. (Second Treatise of Government)

The Principal Allied and Associated Powers undertake to negotiate a Treaty between the Polish Government and the Free City of Danzig, which shall come into force at the same time as the establishment of the said Free City, with the following objects: (1) To effect the inclusion of the Free City of Danzig within the Polish Customs frontiers, and to establish a free area in the port; (2) To ensure to Poland without any restriction the free use and service of all waterways, docks, basins, wharves and other works within the territory of the Free City necessary for Polish imports and exports; (3) To ensure to Poland the control and administration of the Vistula and of the whole railway system within the Free City, except such street and other railways as serve primarily the needs of the Free City, and of postal, telegraphic and telephonic communication between Poland and the port of Danzig; (4) To ensure to Poland the right to develop and improve the waterways, docks, basins, wharves, railways and other works and means of communication mentioned in this Article, as well as to lease or purchase through appropriate processes such land and other property as may be necessary for these purposes, (5) To provide against any discrimination within the Free City of Danzig to the detriment of citizens of Poland and other persons of Polish origin or speech; (6) To provide that the Polish Government shall undertake the conduct of the foreign relations of the Free City of Danzig as well as the diplomatic protection of citizens of that city when abroad. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The street was empty

The Phantom glided on into a street.

Clergymen paused in the street to address words of exhortation, that brought a crowd, with its mingled grin and frown, around the poor, sinful woman

Of the first mud of the street.

On week days he did messages between the house in Carysfort Avenue and those shops in the main street of the town with which the family dealt

God, I don't know. A stranger is shot in the street, you hardly move to help

A street The trumpets sound

In the street Rose of Sharon saw a man in a light suit

By degrees I was brought into another room, from whence I peeped into the street, but drew my head back in a fright

They gently did away with the street, and the village, and the state in which he lived

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Do not eat food from street vendors. (references)

Avoid foods and beverages from street vendors. (references)

Street heroin can also be cut with strychnine or other poisons. (references)

Business

These firms are located on Sarmiento Street in Buenos Aires. (references)

Some mass- market brands can be found in kiosks and street markets. (references)

Selective products can be never sold through kiosks or street markets. (references)

Children

India

Not all of them were street children. (references)

Brazil

Police killings of street children continued. (references)

Armenia

Despite social programs, the number of street children increased. (references)

Civil Liberties

Belarus

More than 30 university students were expelled for their participation in street demonstrations during the year. (references)

Belarus

The authorities arrested 35 individuals in connection with the May Zubr street performance and the event resulted in 25 trials. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Following his inauguration, gendarmes loyal to the Gbagbo violently suppressed RDR street demonstrations held to demand new presidential elections. (references)

Economic History

Samoa

Largescale street demonstrations were held in Apia. (references)

Ethiopia

P.O. Box 1014, Entoto Street, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (references)

Burma

Pale Magazine, No156/158m 34th Street, Kyauktada P.O. (references)

Human Rights

Macedonia

Ajeti's body was found in the street. (references)

Namibia

In June SFF members beat two homosexual men on the street. (references)

Guyana

Georgetown's Camp Street Prison, the country's largest, is extremely overcrowded. (references)

Minorities

Lebanon

The U.N. estimates that 18 percent of street children are Palestinian. (references)

Romania

Bilingual street signs were not erected in Cluj by year's end; bilingual signs have been erected in small localities around Cluj. (references)

Russia

On September 22, a group of youths assaulted an Israeli rabbi and three other visiting Israelis on a street in the Siberian city of Omsk; the youths pushed off the rabbi's hat and shouted Nazi slogans at the four Israelis, but no one was injured. (references)

Political Economy

Pakistan

It has a formidable street power but very little electoral following. (references)

Bangladesh

Street demonstrations, strikes and blockades are frequent means of opposition expression. (references)

Mozambique

Police officers tortured and beat persons in custody, and abused prostitutes and street children. (references)

Political Rights

Qatar

The Council is a nonpartisan body that addresses local issues such as street repair, green space, trash collection, and public works projects. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

When Gbagbo was inaugurated on October 26, 2000, gendarmes loyal to him violently suppressed RDR street demonstrations held to demand new presidential elections. (references)

Argentina

As provided for in the Constitution, Puerta immediately called a Legislative Assembly, which met and elected San Luis Governor Adolfo Rodriguez Saa as President until elections called for March 2002. President Rodriguez Saa governed for a week before street protests resumed and he lost political support and also resigned. (references)

Trade

New Zealand

A wholly owned affiliate of State Street Bank is the primary custodial bank in market. (references)

Morocco

Contact: Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433, Guarantees Dept. (references)

Philippines

TDA can be reached at 1621 North Kent Street, Suite 200, Arlington, VA 22209-2131; tel: (632) 703-875-4357; fax: (703) 875-4009. (references)

Travel

Colombia

Never hail one on the street. (references)

Ghana

Troas Street, Osu, near Shell Station. (references)

Russia

Do not assume that you can blend in on the street. (references)

Women

Cuba

Some street police officers were suspected of providing protection to the jineteras. (references)

Belarus

Street prostitution appeared to be growing as the economy deteriorated, and prostitution rings operated in state-owned hotels. (references)

Cuba

Police obtained early success in their efforts by stationing officers on nearly every major street corner where tourists were present. (references)

Worker Rights

Gambia

There were a few instances of child street begging. (references)

Zambia

In urban areas, children commonly engage in street vending. (references)

Uruguay

This amount approximates what a child might earn working on the street. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "street": a narrow street ♦ across the street ♦ all Lombard Street to a China orange ♦ animated street ♦ at the far end of the street ♦ back street ♦ be in carey street ♦ be in easy street ♦ be in queer street ♦ be on easy street ♦ bow street runner ♦ bus street ♦ civvy street ♦ cobbled street ♦ cross street ♦ cross the street ♦ downing street ♦ empty street ♦ fleet street ♦ get the key of the street ♦ go along the street ♦ go down the street ♦ grub street ♦ Harley Street ♦ have the key of the street ♦ help smb. over the street ♦ high street ♦ in carey street ♦ in queer street ♦ in the middle of the street ♦ in the street ♦ knock against smb. in the street ♦ live just across the street ♦ lombard street ♦ main street ♦ man in the street ♦ Milton Street ♦ mixed traffic street ♦ narrow street ♦ not in the same street ♦ off street ♦ on easy street ♦ on the street ♦ one way street ♦ over the street ♦ part of the house facing the street ♦ pass a street ♦ pedestrian street ♦ prop up street corners ♦ radial street ♦ shopping street ♦ side street ♦ street accident ♦ street address ♦ street arab ♦ street band ♦ street battle ♦ street book ♦ Street broker ♦ street car ♦ street child ♦ street children ♦ street cleaner ♦ street cleansing ♦ street clothes ♦ street corner ♦ street credibility ♦ street cries ♦ street cry ♦ street directory ♦ street door ♦ street drug ♦ Street Drugs ♦ street fighter ♦ street fighting ♦ street girl ♦ street hawker ♦ street incident ♦ street intersection ♦ street lamp ♦ street layout ♦ street level ♦ street life ♦ street lighting ♦ street map ♦ street market ♦ street musician ♦ street name ♦ street number ♦ street organ ♦ street pedlar ♦ street person ♦ street photographer ♦ street plan ♦ street railway ♦ street riot ♦ street robbery ♦ street sign ♦ street smart ♦ street smarts ♦ street song. Additional references.

Beginning with "street": street-and-smithy, street-arabs, street-artists, street-based, street-battles, street-bottoms, street-boy, street-brawl, street-by-street, Street-cambridge, street-car, street-cars, street-child, street-children, street-cleaners, street-comer, street-corner, street-corners, street-cred, street-cry, street-door, street-doors, street-driving, street-drop, street-dwellers, street-ends, street-festival, street-fight, street-fighter, street-fighting, street-fights, street-fuls, street-gambling, street-gang, street-gangs, street-girls, street-grid, street-guide, street-handsome, Street-hastings, street-hawker, street-inspired, street-irony, street-justice, Street-kirkbride, street-lamp, street-lamps, street-level, street-life, street-light, street-lighting, street-lights, street-line, street-located, street-market, street-markets, street-musicians, street-names, street-noise, Street-norwich, street-pals, street-pamphlet, street-parties, Street-perrott, street-photographer, street-photography, street-plan, street-plans, street-poet, Street-porter, Street-porter-pal, Street-portman, street-presence, street-produced, street-rap, street-seller, street-sellers, street-selling, street-side, street-signs, street-singer, street-skinned, street-slang, street-smart, street-soliciting, street-sound, street-squads, street-stalling, street-stalls, street-style, street-suss, street-sussed, street-sweeper, street-sweepers, street-sweeping, street-the, street-time, street-to-screen, street-tough, street-trader, street-traders, street-trades, street-traffic, street-urchin, street-vending, street-victor, street-visible, street-walker, street-walkers, street-warfare, street-when, street-window, street-wisdom, street-wise, street-woman, street-women.

Ending with "street": back-street, Chester-le-street, Chesterle-street, cross-street, high-street, man-in-the-street, on-street, side-street.

Containing "street": ragga-street-afro-swedish.

Afrikaans

straat. (various references)

Albanian

rrugë (approach, approaches, Avenue, course, cycle, drag, drive, gateway, haul, journey, milage, mileage, path, pathway, ride, road, roadway, route, trail, traverse, way). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حرية بعد السجن, ‏رذيلة (vice), ‏شارعي, ‏شارع (road, row, st., thoroughfare). (various references)

Asturian

cai. (various references)

Basque

kale. (various references)

Bavarian

strass. (various references)

Breton

straed. (various references)

Bulgarian 

Уличен, Улица. (various references)

Catalan

carrer. (various references)

Cebuano

kalye. (various references)

Chinese 

街道 . (various references)

Cornish

strét. (various references)

Croatian

ulicu, ulica. (various references)

Czech

ulice (st., streets). (various references)

Danish

gade. (various references)

Dutch

straat (strait). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua

ñan. (various references)

Esperanto

strato. (various references)

Estonian

tänavat (streets), tänava, tänav. (various references)

Faeroese

gøta (path). (various references)

Farsi 

مسیر (Career, Course, Orbit, Path, Point, Race, Run, Strand, Trade, Trajectory, Traverse, Vector), کوچه (Alley, Lane), خیابانی , خیابان (Road), جاده (Causeway, Line, Pad, Path, Pathway, Track, Turnpike, Way). (various references)

Finnish

katu (avenue, roadway, thoroughfare). (various references)

French

rue (st.). (various references)

French Canadian

rue. (various references)

Frisian

strjitte. (various references)

German

Straße (avenue, Lane, line, pavement, road, st, Strait, train, way). (various references)

Greek 

οδός (line, path, railtrack, railway, route, way). (various references)

Haitian Creole

ri. (various references)

Hawaiian

rrugë. (various references)

Hebrew 

ֳרך, ״חוב. (various references)

Hungarian

Utca (st.). (various references)

Icelandic

gata. (various references)

Indonesian

jalan (course, go, manner, path, road, way). (various references)

Irish

sráid. (various references)

Italian

via (and so on, Avenue, away, by, course, forth, go ahead, off, pass, past, path, road, route, shoo, via, way), strada (Avenue, away, lane, off, path, road, route, way). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

通り (avenue, following ~, in accordance with ~, way), 道 (method, road, way). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

がいろ (avenue, road), まちすじ, まちなみ (stores and houses on street), まち (road, town, waiting, waiting time), つじ (crossroad), ストリート , みち (method, not yet known, road, way), とおり (avenue, penetration, way). (various references)

Korean 

가두. (various references)

Lombard

strada, via. (various references)

Macedonian

ulica. (various references)

Manx

straid [f] (farmyard), straid (farmyard). (various references)

Maori

huarahi. (various references)

Norwegian

gate. (various references)

Occitan

carrièra. (various references)

Papago

kahya. (various references)

Papiamen

kaya. (various references)

Pig Latin

eetstray.(various references)

Polish

ulica. (various references)

Portuguese

rua (avenue, road, seafront, way). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

rua. (various references)

Provencal

carrièra. (various references)

Romanian

Stradã (alley, Avenue, drag, road, terrace, thoroughfare). (various references)

Romany

òolitsa. (various references)

Russian 

улица уличный, Уличный, Улица. (various references)

Samoan

ala. (various references)

Scottish

sràid (a street, a walk). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sokak, ulica (block), ulični. (various references)

Sicilian

strata. (various references)

Slovene

ulici, ulica. (various references)

Spanish

calle (fairway, Lane, lift, line, path, road, st., tack, way). (various references)

Sranan

strati. (various references)

Swahili

mtaa. (various references)

Swedish

gata (avenue, drag, road, roadway, row). (various references)

Tagalog

kalyeng, kálye (road, route, way), daán (road, route, way). (various references)

Tswana

seterateng. (various references)

Turkish

Sokak (st, st.), Cadde (Avenue, highroad, main street, road). (various references)

Turkmen 

kцзe. (various references)

Ukrainian

Вуличний, Вулиця, Бруківка. (various references)

Vietnamese 

phố. (various references)

Welsh

stryd. (various references)

Wolof

mbedd. (various references)

Zulu

isitaladi. (various references)

2. sila, e-sir. (various references)

via. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "street": streetcar, streetcars, streetlamp, streetlamps, streetlight, streetlights, streets, streetscape, streetscapes, streetwalker, streetwalkers, streetwalking, streetwalkings, streetwise. (additional references)

Words ending with "street": backstreet, bystreet. (additional references)

Words containing "street": backstreets, bystreets. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Street" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: estreet, schtreet, screet, Seryth, sret, staret, Steet, strate, stre, strea, streach, streat, Stree, streed, streep, streer, Streete, streety, strek, strem, strent, strept, stretto, Streuer, strift, strite, strue, stry, sturee, surete, treet, tseet. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: retest, setter, tester.

-1 letter: ester, reest, reset, steer, stere, terse, trees, trets.

-2 letters: erst, rees, rest, rete, rets, seer, sere, sett, stet, tees, test, tets, tree, tret.

-3 letters: ere, ers, ree, res, ret, see, ser, set, tee, tet.

-4 letters: er, es, et, re.

+1 letter: betters, estreat, fetters, getters, letters, netters, pertest, petters, pretest, restate, retaste, retests, rosette, setters, settler, sterlet, streets, strette, teeters, tenters, tercets, terrets, tersest, testers, testier, tethers, tetters, trestle, trevets, trustee, wetters.

+2 letters: abetters, alertest, ariettes, attester, berettas, besetter, burettes, bystreet, curettes, detester, earthset, emitters, entreats, estreats, fretters, frisette, greatest, grisette, insetter, interest, iterates, nettlers, outsteer, peartest, pretaste, pretests, pretexts, pretties, proettes, ratteens, remotest, resetter, resettle, restated, restates, retasted, retastes, retested, retitles, retreats, reutters, rosettes, settlers, stearate, sterlets, sternest, sternite, teamster, teariest, teethers, tempters, tergites, termites, tetrodes, textures, theaters, theatres, tiredest, treaters, treaties, treatise, treetops, trestles, trientes, trusteed, trustees, tweeters, upsetter, utterers, whetters.