stri:t n. 1 a a
public road in a
city,
town, or
village. b
this with the houses or
other buildings on
each side. 2 the persons
who live or
work on a
particular street. øin the street 1 in the
area outside the houses. 2 (of
Stock Exchange business)
done after closing-time.
not in the
same street with colloq. utterly
inferior to in
ability etc. on the streets 1
living by prostitution. 2
homeless. street
Arab 1 a homeless
child. 2 an
urchin. street
credibility familiarity with a
fashionable urban subculture. street cries
Brit. the cries of street hawkers. street
door a main
outer house-door
opening on the street. street
jewellery enamel advertising plates as collectors' items. streets
ahead (often foll. by of) colloq.
much superior (to). street
value the value of drugs
sold illicitly. up (or
right up) one's street colloq. 1
within one's
range of
interest or
knowledge. 2 to one's
liking. øøstreeted adj. (also in comb.). streetward adj. & adv. [OE strót f. LL
strata (via) paved (way), fem.
past part. of sternere lay down]
