STREET as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
    Usage Example(s)
    • they walked the streets of the small town
    • he lives on Nassau Street
    Hypernyms(s) street is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  2. Meaning
    • the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks
    • the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
    Usage Example(s)
    • be careful crossing the street
    Hypernyms(s) street is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  3. Meaning
    • people living or working on the same street
    Usage Example(s)
    • the whole street protested the absence of street lights
    Hypernyms(s) street is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • a situation offering opportunities
    Usage Example(s)
    • he worked both sides of the street
    • cooperation is a two-way street
    Hypernyms(s) street is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  5. Meaning
    • the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
    Usage Example(s)
    • she tried to keep her children off the street
    Hypernyms(s) street is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower