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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
street \street\ str=et, n. oe. strete, as. str=aet, fr.
   l. strata sc. via a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of
   sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to e. strew. see strew,
   and cf. stratum, stray, v.  a.
   1. originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now
      commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by
      dwellings or business houses.
      1913 webster

            he removed the body of amasa from the street unto
            the field.                            --coverdale.
      1913 webster

            at home or through the high street passing.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   note: in an extended sense, street designates besides the
         roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border
         the thoroughfare.
         1913 webster

               his deserted mansion in duke street. --macaulay.
         1913 webster

   2. the roadway of a street1, as distinguished from the
      sidewalk; as, children playing in the street.
      pjc

   3. the inhabitants of a particular street; as, the whole
      street knew about their impending divorce.
      pjc

   the street broker's cant, that thoroughfare of a city
      where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also,
      figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street
      would not take the bonds.

   on the street,
      a homeless.
      b unemployed.
      a not in prison, or released from prison; the murderer
          is still on the street. 

   street arab, street broker, etc. see under arab,
      broker, etc.

   street door, a door which opens upon a street, or is
      nearest the street.

   street person, a homeless person; a vagrant.
      1913 webster +pjc

   syn: see way.
        1913 webster
see also:
strew stratum stray the street on the street street arab 
street broker arab broker street door street person 
way 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
street
     n 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: 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"

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
81 moby thesaurus words for "street":
   autobahn, us highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway,
   arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue,
   belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real,
   carriageway, causeway, causey, chaussee, circle, circumferential,
   close, concourse, corduroy road, county road, court, crescent,
   cul-de-sac, dead-end street, dike, dirt road, drag, drive,
   driveway, expressway, freeway, gravel road, highroad, highway,
   highways and byways, interstate highway, lane, local road,
   main drag, main road, mews, motorway, parkway, passage, path, pave,
   paved road, pike, place, plank road, primary highway, private road,
   right-of-way, ring road, road, roadbed, roadway, route nationale,
   row, royal road, secondary road, speedway, state highway,
   superhighway, terrace, thoroughfare, through street, thruway,
   toll road, township road, track, turnpike, way, wynd




[4] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
street
   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.
   

[5] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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. 




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Street Address >> S Words
Street Address, definition of term: Street Address
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Wall Street >> W Words
Wall Street, definition of term: Wall Street
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Main Street >> M Words
Main Street, definition of term: Main Street
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