Street


noun
1.
a public thoroughfare, usually paved, in a village, town, or city, including the sidewalk or sidewalks.
2.
such a thoroughfare together with adjacent buildings, lots, etc.:
Houses, lawns, and trees composed a very pleasant street.
3.
the roadway of such a thoroughfare, as distinguished from the sidewalk:
to cross a street.
4.
a main way or thoroughfare, as distinguished from a lane, alley, or the like.
5.
the inhabitants or frequenters of a street:
The whole street gossiped about the new neighbors.
6.
the Street, Informal.

the section of a city associated with a given profession or trade, especially when concerned with business or finance, as Wall Street.
the principal theater and entertainment district of any of a number of U.S. cities.

adjective
7.
of, on, or adjoining a street:
a street door just off the sidewalk.
8.
taking place or appearing on the street:
street fight; street musicians.
9.
coarse; crude; vulgar:
street language.
10.
suitable for everyday wear:
street clothes; street dress.
11.
retail:
the street price of a new computer; the street value of a drug.
Idioms
12.
on / in the street,

without a home:
You’ll be out on the street if the rent isn’t paid.
without a job or occupation; idle.
out of prison or police custody; at liberty.

13.
up one’s street, British. alley1 (def 7).
noun
1.

(capital when part of a name) a public road that is usually lined with buildings, esp in a town: Oxford Street
(as modifier): a street directory

2.
the buildings lining a street
3.
the part of the road between the pavements, used by vehicles
4.
the people living, working, etc, in a particular street
5.
(modifier) of or relating to the urban counterculture: street style, street drug
6.
man in the street, an ordinary or average citizen
7.
on the streets

earning a living as a prostitute
homeless

8.
(informal) streets ahead of, superior to, more advanced than, etc
9.
(informal) streets apart, markedly different
10.
(informal) up one’s street, right up one’s street, (just) what one knows or likes best
verb (transitive)
11.
(Austral) to outdistance
streak

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.

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