streets
noun
- 1
A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
“Walk down the street until you see a hotel on the right.”
- 2
A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
“I live on the street down from Joyce Avenue.”
- 3
The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
- 4
The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
- 5
An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
“I got some pot cheap on the street.”
- 6
Streetwise slang.
- 7
A great distance.
“He's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school.”
- 8
Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
- 9
Living in the streets.
“a street cat; a street urchin”
- 10
(urban toponymy) By restriction, the streets that run perpendicular to avenues.
verb
- 1
To build or equip with streets.
- 2
To eject; to throw onto the streets.
- 3
(by extension) To heavily defeat.
- 4
To go on sale.
- 5
To proselytize in public.
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