Street meaning

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. 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”