street definition

1. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
• examples: they walked the streets of the small town
• examples: he lives on Nassau Street
2. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
• examples: 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
• examples: she tried to keep her children off the street
4. a situation offering opportunities
• examples: he worked both sides of the street
• examples: cooperation is a two-way street
5. people living or working on the same street
• examples: the whole street protested the absence of street lights