streets

5 definitions • 15 examples

a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or both sides:

The streets were strewn with rubbish after the parade.

a street map

across the street Our daughter lives just across the street from us.

in/on Main, Cherry, etc. Street Diane's house is in/on Cherry Street.

walk down the street Men whistle at us when we're just walking down the street.

cross the street Make sure you look both ways when you cross the street.

deserted street The town's streets were deserted by dusk.

roam the streets At five in the morning, there were still crowds of people roaming the streets.

street vendor I bought these sunglasses from a street vendor in Florence.

When people take to the streets, they express their opposition to something in public and often violently:

Thousands of people have taken to the streets to protest against the military coup.

a road in a city or town, usually with buildings along one or both sides:

Our daughter lives across the street from us.

Look both ways when you cross the street.

A street sometimes means a road and the sidewalks (= paths) along it:

The streets were full of people.

A group of laughing children ran down the street.

used to refer to Wall Street :

The company has missed its profit forecasts and disappointed the Street a number of times.